2.1 Study design
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Kasr Alainy OBGYN Hospital
in Cairo, Egypt, between March 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022, to determine
the incidence of episiotomy. Data was manually collected by our data
collection team from hospital records for all admitted patients in the
vaginal delivery ward at the end of each day during the duration of the
study. No unique patient identifiers were collected.
Data from hospital records was entered into a standardized
data-collection form for analysis. The following information was
gathered:
- Date of data collection
- Whether an episiotomy was performed
- Maternal age
- Gravidity
- Parity
- Gestational age at time of delivery
- Cervical diameter upon admission
- Fetal presentation
- Gestational weight
- Years of marriage