Database and Syntax for Analysis of the Paper: "Effects of introducing the WHO Labour Care Guide on Caesarean section: a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial in India"

The following files contains the information used to analyze the trial “Implementing the WHO Labour Care Guide to reduce the use of Caesarean section in four hospitals in India: a pragmatic, stepped wedge, cluster randomized pilot trial” in which it was hypothesized that the intervention would promote correct LCG use by these providers, changing their labour monitoring and management practices to align with WHO’s intrapartum recommendations. In turn, this could reduce overuse of Caesarean section, improve maternal and newborn outcomes, and enhance women’s care experiences.  

Two datafiles with extension “csv” are uploaded. The databased named “LCG Trial Women Database (transition period included).csv” is the database which contains the data of the recruited women in the trial. There is one row per women. The databased named “LCG Trial Neonates Database (transition period included).csv” is the database which contains the data of the neonates born from the recruited women. There is one row per neonate.

The excel file “Data Dictionary LCG to Share.xlsx” is the data dictionary of the two databases. In the sheet named “Maternal Variables” a list and description of the variables included in the maternal database is included and, in the sheet, named “Neonatal Variables” a list and description of the variables included in the neonatal database is included.

Three files of “R” extension and one “rmd” are included. The file named “RunningModelsFunctions.R” is the one use to run the models that are included in the analyses, the file named “2. Final Analysis LCG Trial.R” is the one in which the tables are prepared, and the file named “3. LCG Results Output Final.rmd” is used to export the tables with results. The R file named “funciones.tablas.R” is used in the analyses.

本数据集包含用于分析名为「在印度四家医院落实世界卫生组织（World Health Organization, WHO）分娩护理指南（Labour Care Guide, LCG）以降低剖宫产（Caesarean Section）使用率：一项务实性阶梯整群随机试点试验」的研究相关信息。该试验的研究假设为：干预措施可推动上述医疗服务提供者正确使用分娩护理指南，调整其产程监测与管理行为，使其符合世界卫生组织的产时护理推荐规范。此举可减少剖宫产的过度使用，改善孕产妇与新生儿结局，并提升女性的分娩照护体验。

本次上传了2个后缀为逗号分隔值（Comma-Separated Values, CSV）的数据文件。名为「LCG Trial Women Database (transition period included).csv」的数据库包含本试验中招募的孕产妇数据，每条记录对应1名孕产妇。名为「LCG Trial Neonates Database (transition period included).csv」的数据库包含招募孕产妇所分娩新生儿的数据，每条记录对应1名新生儿。

本次上传的「Data Dictionary LCG to Share.xlsx」为上述两个数据库的数据字典。其中名为「Maternal Variables」的工作表列出并说明了孕产妇数据库中包含的所有变量；名为「Neonatal Variables」的工作表则列出并说明了新生儿数据库中包含的所有变量。

本次还包含3个后缀为R语言（R）的文件及1个后缀为R Markdown（rmd）的文件。其中「RunningModelsFunctions.R」用于运行本分析中涉及的统计模型；「2. Final Analysis LCG Trial.R」用于生成分析所需的各类表格；「3. LCG Results Output Final.rmd」用于导出带结果的表格；「funciones.tablas.R」则用于本分析的相关流程。