Alruwaili Hind Ghannam, Almutairi Wedad M, Abunar Areej A
Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nurs Res Pract. 2025 May 28;2025:4980949. doi: 10.1155/nrp/4980949. eCollection 2025.
The incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) following cesarean section (CS) is between 3% and 15% worldwide. There is a paucity of evidence regarding the incidence and risk factors of SSI following CS in Saudi Arabia. Globally, infection is the third greatest cause of maternal deaths. There are many risk factors associated with SSI post-CS such as age, previous history of CS, medical diseases, and a high number of vaginal examinations. A cross-sectional prospective descriptive study among women who underwent CS. Gynecology and obstetrics clinics in a maternity and children's hospital. A convenience sample of 124 mothers within 30 days after CS was used; data were collected from July 2021 to August 2021. This study found that the incidence of SSI after CS was 4% of the mothers who underwent CS operations in the Maternity and Children Hospital in Sakaka. Besides, the results showed that there is a significant association between the type of anesthesia (spinal) and SSI following CS (Chi = 4.288, ≤ 0.05). To conclude that the incidence of SSI following CS was 4%, comparable to the international rate, and spinal anesthesia was the confirmed risk factor in our sample. Further studies should be carried out with larger samples and in more than one hospital in Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.
剖宫产术后手术部位感染（SSI）在全球范围内的发生率为3%至15%。关于沙特阿拉伯剖宫产术后SSI的发生率和危险因素的证据很少。在全球范围内，感染是孕产妇死亡的第三大原因。剖宫产术后发生SSI有许多危险因素，如年龄、既往剖宫产史、内科疾病以及多次阴道检查。对接受剖宫产的女性进行了一项横断面前瞻性描述性研究。研究地点为一家妇幼医院的妇产科诊所。采用便利抽样法，选取了124名剖宫产术后30天内的母亲；数据收集时间为2021年7月至2021年8月。该研究发现，在萨卡卡妇幼医院接受剖宫产手术的母亲中，SSI的发生率为4%。此外，结果显示麻醉方式（脊髓麻醉）与剖宫产术后SSI之间存在显著关联（卡方值=4.288，P≤0.05）。得出结论，剖宫产术后SSI的发生率为4%，与国际发生率相当，脊髓麻醉是我们样本中确定的危险因素。应在沙特阿拉伯萨卡卡的多家医院使用更大的样本进行进一步研究。
