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eRegCom: communication strategies to healthcare providers and women from an electronic maternal and child health registry – a cluster randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable
Suspended
Conditions
Antenatal and postpartum care in public health services in Palestine, particularly the quality of care, the timely utilization of care, and the combination of the two, defined as effective coverage. To this end, five sentinel conditions, complications, and events in pregnancy are studied: anemia, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus, fetal growth restriction, and maternal attendance to care.
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Registration Number
ISRCTN10520687
Lead Sponsor
orwegian Institute of Public Health
Brief Summary

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33430935/ protocol (added 01/03/2021) 2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34227949/ descriptive study (added 07/07/2021) 2020 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31906929/ Intervention development (added 18/01/2023) 2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33891597/ Sub-study results (added 18/01/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Suspended
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
138
Inclusion Criteria

1. Public primary healthcare centers providing antenatal and postnatal services; currently active users of the national MCH eRegistry
2. There are no inclusion criteria on an individual basis

Exclusion Criteria

There are no eligibility criteria by individual healthcare providers or their client population characteristics

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Comparison I: PFB arm vs Control arm:<br> Appropriate screening and management of anemia, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and fetal growth restriction (FGR)<br> 2. Comparison II: TCC arm vs Control arm:<br> 2.1. Timely attendance to antenatal care visits<br> 2.2. Retention rate from antenatal care to postpartum care<br> 3. Comparison III: PFB + TCC (arm 3) vs Control arm:<br> Timely attendance, appropriate screening, and management of anemia, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus, and fetal growth restriction.<br><br> All the outcome measurements will be obtained from the MCH eRegistry monthly throughout the trial, data needed for these outcomes are continuously entered by the healthcare professionals at the point of care as a routine part of their documentation of care in clinical records.<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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