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Table 2 Power estimation considering 4 steps, 1 cluster in each step, a CAC of 90% and a cluster size of 300 women (coefficient of variation of cluster size 0.60)

From: Implementing the WHO Labour Care Guide to reduce the use of Caesarean section in four hospitals in India: protocol and statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized pilot trial

Baseline CS rate in Robson Group 1

ICC

Relative reduction

35%

30%

25%

20%

40%*

0.01

100%

99%

97%

86%

0.02

100%

99%

92%

76%

0.05

96%

88%

74%

54%

30%**

0.01

99%

96%

88%

70%

0.02

97%

91%

78%

58%

0.05

85%

73%

56%

38%

  1. *CS at the intervention period: 26%, 28%, 30%, 32%
  2. **CS at the intervention period: 19.5%, 21%, 22.5%, 24%