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Table 1 Description of study variables

From: Coexistence and prevalence of obstetric interventions: an analysis based on the grade of membership

Obstetric practices put in place during labor and delivery

Variables

Collection instrument

Categories

Useful practices that should be encouraged

 Providing food to parturient women

Interview

Yes; no; non-informed

 Allowing parturient women to have freedom to move

Interview

Yes; no; non-informed

 Use of Partogram (tool used to assess labor evolution)

Medical Record

Yes; no

 Adopting Non-Pharmacological Methods (NPM) for pain relief

Interview

Yes; no; non-informed

Harmful or ineffective practices that must be eliminated

 Enema

Medical Record

Yes; no

 Perineal shaving

Medical Record

Yes; no

 “Lying parturient women on their back with legs up” - position at delivery time

Interview

Yes; no; non-informed

 Kristeller maneuver

Interview and medical record

Yes; no; non-informed

Practices inappropriately used at L and delivery time

 Amniotomy

Medical Record

Yes; no; non-informed

 Oxytocin infusion

Medical Record

Yes; no; non-informed

 Analgesia

Medical Record

Yes; no

 Episiotomy

Medical Record

Yes; no; non-informed

  1. NPM Non-pharmacological methods for pain relief, L labor