10.17037/DATA.40
Quantitative data from a global online survey of medical doctors who had performed at least one caesarean in the last five years. Participants were recruited by online invitations via national obstetrics and gynaecology associations, large clinical studies of deliveries and maternal health organisations. The sample was not representative of all doctors performing caesareans worldwide. Data were collected between August 2013 and January 2014. Respondents were asked for background information (gender, age, occupation, facility characteristics, country of practice), before reporting their opinion of the optimal caesarean rate – defined as the caesarean rate that would minimise poor maternal and perinatal outcomes – at the population level and within specific sub-groups of deliveries (including women with demographic and clinical risk factors for caesareans). This dataset also includes national indicators for included countries (global region, income level and caesarean rate).
The Optimal Caesarean Rate dataset contains the following variables.
Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
gender | Participant gender | String | ||
Female | Female | |||
Male | Male | |||
age | Participant age | String | ||
20 to 29 | 20-29 | |||
30 to 39 | 30-39 | |||
40 to 49 | 40-49 | |||
50 to 59 | 50-59 | |||
60 or over | 60+ | |||
occupation | Main occupation | String | ||
Academic researcher | Academic researcher | |||
International NGO | International NGO | |||
Non-clinical doctor | Non-clinical doctor | |||
Obstetrician | Obstetrician | |||
Other doctor | Other doctor | |||
Student | Student | |||
. | Not completed | |||
facility_caesareanrate | Facility caesarean rate | String | ||
0 to 14% | 0-14% | |||
15 to 29% | 15-29% | |||
30 to 49% | 30-49% | |||
50% or more | 50%+ | |||
Don't know | Dont know | |||
. | Not completed | |||
facility_level | Highest facility level of practice | String | ||
District | District | |||
National/University | National/University | |||
Primary care | Primary care | |||
Private/Other | Private/Other | |||
Regional | Regional | |||
. | Not completed | |||
facility_type | Facility type | String | ||
Mixed private | Mixed private | |||
Mixed public-private | Mixed public-private | |||
Private for-profit only | Private for-profit only | |||
Private not-for-profit only | Private not-for-profit only | |||
Public only | Public only | |||
. | Not completed | |||
country | Country of practice (most recent) | String | ||
Afghanistan | Afghanistan | |||
Albania | Albania | |||
Algeria | Algeria | |||
Argentina | Argentina | |||
Australia | Australia | |||
Bahrain | Bahrain | |||
Bangladesh | Bangladesh | |||
Barbados | Barbados | |||
Belgium | Belgium | |||
Benin | Benin | |||
Bolivia | Bolivia | |||
Brazil | Brazil | |||
Brunei | Brunei | |||
Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | |||
Cambodia | Cambodia | |||
Cameroon | Cameroon | |||
Canada | Canada | |||
Chile | Chile | |||
China (People's Republic of) | China (People's Republic of) | |||
Colombia | Colombia | |||
Congo (Democratic Republic of) | Congo (Democratic Republic of) | |||
Congo (Republic of) | Congo (Republic of) | |||
Denmark | Denmark | |||
Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | |||
Ecuador | Ecuador | |||
Egypt | Egypt | |||
El Salvador | El Salvador | |||
Ethiopia | Ethiopia | |||
France | France | |||
Georgia | Georgia | |||
Germany | Germany | |||
Ghana | Ghana | |||
Guatemala | Guatemala | |||
Guinea | Guinea | |||
Haiti | Haiti | |||
Honduras | Honduras | |||
Iceland | Iceland | |||
India | India | |||
Indonesia | Indonesia | |||
Iran | Iran | |||
Iraq | Iraq | |||
Ireland | Ireland | |||
Italy | Italy | |||
Jamaica | Jamaica | |||
Japan | Japan | |||
Jordan | Jordan | |||
Kenya | Kenya | |||
Korea (South) | Korea (South) | |||
Kuwait | Kuwait | |||
Lebanon | Lebanon | |||
Lesotho | Lesotho | |||
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | |||
Madagascar | Madagascar | |||
Malaysia | Malaysia | |||
Malta | Malta | |||
Mexico | Mexico | |||
Mongolia | Mongolia | |||
Morocco | Morocco | |||
Mozambique | Mozambique | |||
Nepal | Nepal | |||
New Zealand | New Zealand | |||
Nicaragua | Nicaragua | |||
Niger | Niger | |||
Nigeria | Nigeria | |||
Norway | Norway | |||
Pakistan | Pakistan | |||
Panama | Panama | |||
Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | |||
Peru | Peru | |||
Philippines | Philippines | |||
Poland | Poland | |||
Romania | Romania | |||
Russia | Russia | |||
Rwanda | Rwanda | |||
Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | |||
Singapore | Singapore | |||
Slovenia | Slovenia | |||
South Africa | South Africa | |||
Spain | Spain | |||
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | |||
Sudan | Sudan | |||
Sweden | Sweden | |||
Switzerland | Switzerland | |||
Taiwan | Taiwan | |||
Tanzania | Tanzania | |||
Tunisia | Tunisia | |||
Turkey | Turkey | |||
Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | |||
Uganda | Uganda | |||
Ukraine | Ukraine | |||
United Kingdom | United Kingdom | |||
United States | United States | |||
Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | |||
Venezuela | Venezuela | |||
Zambia | Zambia | |||
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | |||
. | Not completed | |||
country_region | Region of main experience in obstetrics | String | ||
Africa | Africa | |||
Americas | Americas | |||
Eastern Mediterranean | Eastern Mediterranean | |||
Europe | Europe | |||
South-East Asia | South-East Asia | |||
Western Pacific | Western Pacific | |||
. | Not completed | |||
country_incomelevel | Country income level | String | ||
High income | High income | |||
Low income | Low income | |||
Lower middle income | Lower middle income | |||
Upper middle income | Upper middle income | |||
. | Not completed | |||
country_caesareanrate | National caesarean rate | String | ||
Under 5 percent | <5% | |||
5 to 15 percent | 5-15% | |||
15 to 30 percent | 15-30% | |||
30 percent or more | >=30% | |||
. | Not completed | |||
survey_language | Language of survey | String | ||
English | English | |||
French | French | |||
Portuguese | Portuguese | |||
Spanish | Spanish | |||
optcsr_population | OCR - all deliveries | Open ended | Numeric | |
ocr_cplpra | OCR - complete placenta praevia | String | ||
0 percent | 0 | |||
1 to 10 percent | 1-10% | |||
11 to 20 percent | 11-20% | |||
21 to 30 percent | 21-30% | |||
31 to 40 percent | 31-40% | |||
41 to 50 percent | 41-50% | |||
51 to 60 percent | 51-60% | |||
61 to 70 percent | 61-70% | |||
71 to 80 percent | 71-80% | |||
81 to 90 percent | 81-90% | |||
91 to 100 percent | 91-100% | |||
ocr_aph | OCR - antepartum haemorrhage | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_rupture | OCR - uterine rupture | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_transv | OCR - transverse/oblique lie | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_face | OCR - face/brow presentation | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_breech | OCR - breech presentation | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_cpd | OCR - severe cephalo-pelvic disproportion | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_prollabour | OCR - prolonged labour | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_prevcs | OCR - previous caesarean section | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_twin | OCR - twin pregnancy | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_eclampsia | OCR - eclampsia | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_preeclampsia | OCR - pre-eclampsia | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_diabetes | OCR - Maternal diabetes | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_premlabour | OCR - premature labour | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_cordprolapse | OCR - cord prolapse | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_lowrisk | OCR - low-risk (multipara singleton cephalic, no risk factors) | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_hbw | OCR - birthweight >4000g | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_lbw | OCR - birthweight <2500g | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_gmpara | OCR - parity >=6 | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_npara | OCR - nullipara | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_lmh | OCR - maternal height | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_overw | OCR - maternal overweight | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_obese | OCR - maternal obesity | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_prevsb | OCR - previous stillbirth | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_prevend | OCR - previous early neonatal death | Open ended | As above | String |
ocr_matage | OCR - maternal age >35 | Open ended | As above | String |