The impact of an intervention programme employing a hands-on technique to reduce the incidence of anal sphincter tears: Interrupted time-series reanalysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Fretheim, Atle ^a,b   Odgaard Jensen, Jan ^a   Røttingen, John Arne ^a,b   Reinar, Liv Merete ^a   Vangen, Siri ^c,d   Tanbo, Tom ^c,e  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAL SPHINCTER TEAR; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HANDS ON TECHNIQUE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM; REGISTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84887972286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003355     Document Type: Article

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