The OASI Care Bundle: a quality improvement project to reduce rates of severe perineal tears that occur during childbirth
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Obstetric anal sphincter injuriesPregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12143325
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
- Brief Summary
2018 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30103734 (added 01/11/2019) 2019 results presented at the 2nd Annual UK Implementation Science Research Conference in https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-019-0911-5 (see abstract O31) (added 01/11/2019) 2020 qualitative study results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32907894/ (added 11/09/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 20000
Inclusion Criteria
All vaginal births are eligible for the intervention when the attending clinician (midwife or obstetrician) has been trained to use the OASI Care Bundle
Exclusion Criteria
Women are excluded if they are in a birthing position (e.g. water birth) that makes it impossible to implement all aspects of the OASI Care Bundle
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASI), assessed via routinely collected patient-level data, captured through each unit’s maternity information system (MIS) over an 18-month period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method