Abstract
The increasing popularity of Cesarean birth has become a social concern in many countries. This paper reviews the literature on the effects of Cesarean section on children’s psychological health. The results show that Cesarean birth may have adverse effects on children’s sensory perception, sensory integration ability, neuropsychiatric development, and the infant-mother relationship. However, there remain deficiencies in extant research methods, research content, subject groupings, and interpretation of research results. Future research should improve research methods, broaden the research content, and refine the grouping of children born by Cesarean section. The exploration of neural mechanisms is also needed, as well as research directed toward suggesting effective interventions to reduce unnecessary Cesarean sections.
Highlights
Human reproduction guarantees the continuation and evolution of the human species; births are significant events, which many view as sacred
We focus on the effects of Cesarean section on children’s psychological health, such as sensory perception, sensory integration ability, neuropsychiatric development, and infant-mother relationship
The results showed that these children were less able to reproduce figures compared to a group of children born by vaginal delivery; that is, the visual memory and visuospatial perception abilities of the former group were poorer than those of the latter group
Summary
Human reproduction guarantees the continuation and evolution of the human species; births are significant events, which many view as sacred. In the last two decades, Cesarean section due to social factors has become an increasingly popular choice (Muula, 2007; Bu, 2008; Khadem and Khadivzadeh, 2009; Khalaf et al, 2015; Curran et al, 2016). Cesarean section was originally a surgical solution to solve the problems associated with difficult labor, but there are no controls over its use. This increasing popularity has led to a rapid growth in the number of Cesarean section operations worldwide. In Iran, the proportion of Cesarean section operations is close to 40%, and in some areas the proportion is as high as 52.8% (Khadem and Khadivzadeh, 2009). In China, the percentage has reached 34.9% (Tian, 2017), in some rural areas, this proportion is even higher
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