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