Table 2 Cesarean section rates of all parturient women, women without previous cesarean delivery, and NTSV population before and after implementation of the smart intrapartum surveillance system.

From: Reducing primary cesarean delivery rate through implementation of a smart intrapartum surveillance system

Group

Preimplementation (%)

Portimplementation (%)

Variation

RRa (95% confidence interval)

p value*

NTSV

31.0

23.3

−24.8%

0.75 (0.71–0.80)

0.0142

primary CSb

37.0

33.0

−10.8%

0.89 (0.81–0.98)

0.0218

All

46.8

42.5

−9.2%

0.91 (0.88–0.95)

0.0093

  1. NTSV nulliparous term singleton vertex, CS cesarean section.
  2. aRR: Relative rate (preimplementation period used as reference).
  3. b(The number of women having a first cesarean delivery)/(all women giving birth who have never had a cesarean delivery).
  4. *A p value of 0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference. Chi-squared test was conducted to compare groups.
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