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
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to assess outcomes of caesarean section in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Kampala International University Hospital, Bushyenyi District Uganda. Methodology: An institution based cross sectional and descriptive study was used to assess neonatal outcomes after caesarean section among mothers delivered by caesarean section under anesthesia. All mothers that came for caesarean section from January 2017 to August 2017 were included using structured questionnaires. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 16, each variable was entered to bivariate analysis, variables with P value
