Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3251979 | Journal of Reproductive Health and Medicine | 2016 | 3 Pages |
Abstract
A survey of private and public sector maternity care providers was carried out to understand their perspective on use of current guidelines advocating selective use of episiotomy. Nearly 90% of the providers were aware of guidelines on selective episiotomy use but significantly higher proportion (p = 0.03) of private practitioners (56.6%) advocated its use in all nullipara as compared to public sector doctors (23.3%). In actual practice, however, nearly 80% providers reported performing episiotomy in more than 75% nullipara with no difference between private and public sector doctors. Thus, awareness of current evidence was not reflected in clinical practice.
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Authors
Shalini Singh, Tushita Thakur, Nomita Chandhiok, B.S. Dhillon,