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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CAESAREAN SECTIONED WOMEN OF JESSORE DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH (Pages : 17 - 23)

The aim of this study was to describe the most frequent socio-demographic characteristics of women who had caesarean delivery in different hospitals in Jessore district of Bangladesh. Cross-sectional survey was carried out with 150 women who had their caesarean section in four hospitals from government, private and non-government organizations, in Jessore. Most of the women (About 70%) had caesarean delivery in the age range of 21-26 years. Alarmingly 18% of the women had caesarean delivery at their adolescent age. More rural women were found to have CS compared to urban women (53.3% vs. 46.7%). Women with higher socio-economic class had higher tendency to have CS. Women whose husbands had higher income level (from 20,000 to 40,000 BDT) had higher CS (40.7%) compared to the women whose husband income level was less than 20,000 BDT. The percentage of CS was less for the women who acted as an earning member of their family. Breathing problem (36.7%) and an abdominal problem (29.3%) were found as the most health-related problems of these caesarean women. Afraid of normal vaginal delivery (NVD) (48.0%), was one of the prominent causes for caesarean section followed by an amniotic fluid decrease (19.3%) and upward pressure of the uterus (10.7%) reported by the women of our study. Women with higher socio-economic class irrespective of rural or urban had higher tendency to have CS. Women who acted as an earning member of their family had a less caesarean section. Afraid of NVD, amniotic fluid decrease and upward pressure of the uterus were the primary causes of CS.Download