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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Ahero Hospital

Kisumu, Kenya

2

Kisumu Hospital

Kisumu, Kenya

3

Kombewa Health Center

Kisumu, Kenya

4

Lumumba Health Center

Kisumu, Kenya