OptiBIRTH: a cluster randomised trial of a complex intervention to increase vaginal birth after caesarean section

• Main Authors: Mike Clarke (Author), Declan Devane (Author), Mechthild M. Gross (Author), Sandra Morano (Author), Ingela Lundgren (Author), Marlene Sinclair (Author), Koen Putman (Author), Beverley Beech (Author), Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen (Author), Marianne Nieuwenhuijze (Author), Hugh Wiseman (Author), Valerie Smith (Author), Deirdre Daly (Author), Gerard Savage (Author), John Newell (Author), Andrew Simpkin (Author), Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin (Author), Patricia Healy (Author), Jane Nicoletti (Author), Joan Lalor (Author), Margaret Carroll (Author), Evelien van Limbeek (Author), Christina Nilsson (Author), Janine Stockdale (Author), Maaike Fobelets (Author), Cecily Begley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Despite evidence supporting the safety of vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC), rates are low in many countries. Methods OptiBIRTH investigated the effects of a woman-centred intervention designed to increase VBAC rates through an unblinded cluster randomised trial in 15...