Status:
COMPLETED
ePartogram Effectiveness Study in Kenya
Lead Sponsor:
Jhpiego
Collaborating Sponsors:
GE Healthcare
Conditions:
Obstetric Complication
Obstetric Labor Complications
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Quasi-experimental study to evaluate whether clinical care offered to clients was more appropriate and in line with WHO recommendations for care in normally progressing labor and in labor with complic...
Detailed Description
The ePartogram is an electronic version of the WHO Partograph and is developed by Jhpiego. Seventy-eight clinical rules, programmed into the ePartogram, are based on global guidelines in the WHO manua...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Facilities:
- In Kisumu or Meru
- BEmONC or CEmONC sites
- At least one SBA on duty in labor ward 24 hours per day
- Facility in-charge or in-charge of L\&D ward available physically or remotely 24 hours per day
- Use WHO modified paper partograph
- Adequate supply of paper partographs and maternity registers
- Availability of reliable transportation for referrals (e.g. functional ambulance) 24 hours per day
- Providers:
- Providers meeting the WHO definition of Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA) clinical provider working in care for laboring women who will be working at the facility during the study.
- Providers completing the three-day labor management training comprised of training on partograph use and management of normal labors and labor complications, according to WHO and Kenya MOH guidelines
- Intervention sites only: Providers passing the ePartogram post-training test will be asked to use the ePartogram during clinical care.
Exclusion
- Facilities:
- Facility not registered with MOH
- No SBA on duty in labor ward at any time during a 24 hour period
- No in-charge available at any time during a 24 hour period
- Dispensary health facilities that do not practice BEmONC
- Providers:
- Providers not meeting the WHO definition of SBA
- Providers not completing the labor management training or (intervention sites only) not passing the ePartogram post-training test
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 30 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
113 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03757598
Start Date
August 1 2016
End Date
May 30 2017
Last Update
December 11 2019
Active Locations (12)
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1
Ahero Hospital
Kisumu, Kenya
2
Kisumu Hospital
Kisumu, Kenya
3
Kombewa Health Center
Kisumu, Kenya
4
Lumumba Health Center
Kisumu, Kenya