Obstetricians’ opinions of the optimal caesarean rate: a global survey

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).

本数据集源自一项针对近五年内至少实施过一例剖宫产（Caesarean）手术的全球在职医师的线上定量调查。调查对象通过各国妇产科学会、大型分娩临床研究项目以及孕产妇健康组织的线上邀请招募。该样本无法代表全球所有实施剖宫产手术的医师群体。数据采集时段为2013年8月至2014年1月。受访者需先提供背景信息（性别、年龄、职业、执业机构特征、执业国家），随后报告其对于群体层面以及特定分娩亚组（包括存在剖宫产相关人口统计学与临床危险因素的产妇）中最优剖宫产率的看法——该最优剖宫产率定义为可将产妇不良结局与围产期不良结局降至最低的剖宫产比例。本数据集还包含受访国家的相关国家指标，涵盖全球区域划分、收入水平以及本国剖宫产率。