ASSESSMENT OF THE OUTCOME OF CEASERIAN SECTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BUSHENYI UGANDA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION..................................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

APPROVAL ..........................................................................................................................II

DEDICATION.................................................................................................................... III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.................................................................................................IV

LIST OF ACRONYMS.......................................................................................................V

OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS ...................................................................................VI

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................VII

LIST OF TABLES ..............................................................................................................XI

LIST OF FIGURES..........................................................................................................XII

ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................................XIII

CONCLUSION: ...............................................................................................................XIII

CHAPTER ONE................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1

1.1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................ 1

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT ......................................................................................... 2

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY.................................................................................. 3

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1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE......................................................................................... 3

1.3.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES........................................................................................ 3

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ......................................................................................... 3

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY........................................................................... 3

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................ 4

1.6.1 GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE..................................................................................... 4

1.6.2 CONTENT SCOPE.................................................................................................... 4

1.6.3 TIME SCOPE ............................................................................................................. 4

1.7 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK............................................................................. 5

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................. 6

LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................. 6

2.0 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 6

2.1 COMPLICATIONS OF CS ........................................................................................ 6

CHAPTER THREE............................................................................................................. 9

METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 9

3.0 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 9

3.1 STUDY DESIGN ........................................................................................................... 9

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3.2 STUDY POPULATION............................................................................................... 9

3.2.1 INCLUSION CRITERIA .......................................................................................10

3.2.2 EXCLUSION CRITERIA......................................................................................11

3.3 DATA COLLECTION METHOD..........................................................................11

3.4 DATA COLLECTION TOOLS...............................................................................11

3.5 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE ..................................................................11

3.6 QUALITY CONTROL ..............................................................................................11

3.7 DATA ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................12

3.8 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................12

DATA PRESENTATIONANDANALYSIS .................................................................13

4.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................13

4.1 SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.............................................13

4.2 MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CHARACTERISTICS.................................15

CHAPTER FIVE:..............................................................................................................20

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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5.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................22

5.1 DISCUSSION ...............................................................................................................22

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5.2 CONCLUSIONS..........................................................................................................24

5.3 RECOMMENDATION..............................................................................................24

REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................25

APPENDICES.....................................................................................................................27

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE................................................................................27

APPENDIX II: SAMPLE TABLE FOR DATA GATHERING.............................31

APPENDIX III: WORK PLAN......................................................................................32

APPENDIX IV: BUDGET...............................................................................................33

APPENDIX V: MAP OF UGANDA SHOWING THE LOCATION OF

BUSHENYI DISTRICT....................................................................................................34

APPENDIXVI: MAP EXTRACT OF ISHAKA TOWN SHOWING LOCATION

OF KIU-WC........................................................................................................................35

APPENDIX V: INTRODUCTORY LETTER ............................................................35