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Identifying the factors associated with cesarean section modeled with categorical correlation coefficients in partial least squares
Authors: Maryam Sadiq, Tahir Mehmood, and Muhammad Aslam
Source: PLOS ONE , 14(8): e0221955; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221955
Topic(s): Cesarean section
Delivery care
Maternal health
Maternal mortality
Morbidity
Country: Asia
  Pakistan
Published: JUL 2019
Abstract: Cesarean section (CS) is associated with maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. This study is conducted to assess factors associated with CS in Pakistan using partial least squares (PLS) algorithm, where categorical factors are modeled. Nationally representative maternal data from Pakistan Demographic and Health Surveys (PDHS) conducted during 2012-2013 is used in this study. Among correlation coefficient based PLS regression proposed algorithms for categorical factors, Pearson’s Contingency Coefficient (CC) PLS coupled with loading weight (LW) appeared to be the most efficient method in terms of model performance and influential factor selection. Region of residence, type of place of residence, mother’s and her partner’s level of education, wealth index, year of birth, previous terminated pregnancy, use of contraception, prenatal care provided by a doctor and nurse/midwife/LHV (lady health visitor), assistance provided by a nurse/midwife/LHV,number of antenatal visits, size of child, antenatal care provided by government hospital, transport facility for medical care, baby birth status, mother’s age at first birth, preceding birth interval and vaccination of hepatitis B-1 and B2 are found to be significantly affecting the CS delivery method. Correlation coefficient based PLS regression algorithms may serve more efficiently as a multivariate technique to treat high-dimensional categorical data.
Web: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0219427