Razi Journal of Medical Sciences

  Background: Due to the increase in C-section delivery, the percentage of natural delivery has decreased in recent years. This study aimed to investigate some of the factors which influence the choice of delivery type in women, working in Shahroud University of Medical Sciences. 

  Methods : This applied cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012. All eligible women working at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences took part in the study and they completed a questionnaire including 9 demographic items and 37 specific items on the previous delivery condition. The collected data were fed into SPSS and analyzed through Chi-square test. The significance level in all tests was 0.05.

  Results: The mean age of the participants was 37.62±7.38. 28.5% of the participants had experience of C-section delivery. 57.8% of the participants had C-section delivery in their previous delivery. No significant relationships were observed between level of education, occupation, place of job, employment status of the respondents and delivery type (p>0.05). However, there were significant relationships between delivery type and husband’s high level of education, experience of c-section, history of disease contraction, history of abortion, friends’ suggestion, delivery type of friends, delivery type suggested by the husband, delivery type suggested by mother, and doctors’ or obstetricians’ suggestion (p<0.05).

  Conclusions: The mean of C-section prevalence among service providers is higher than that among the society. It is suggested that the health policy makers in the city try to reform the attitudes and performance of this group through setting instructional meetings.