Effect of Referral Card on Neonatal Medical Care Seeking for Institutional Births in Urban Lucknow
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,020
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The utilization of health services of qualified medical care provider (attendance; hospitalization) for neonatal sickness
研究概览
简要总结
Neonatal mortality rate in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India is 53.6 per thousand, and accounts for 8% of global neonatal deaths.It has been argued that prompt and appropriate care-seeking for sick neonates can substantially reduce neonatal mortality. This pre and post intervention trial was done to assess the impact of a pictorial "Neonatal referral Card" and one-to-one counseling of mothers on the qualified medical care-seeking behavior for sick neonates in urban Lucknow.
The study hypothesis was that the counseling on danger signs along with neonatal referral card has no impact on availing services of a qualified medical practitioner by caregivers of sick neonates.
详细描述
The study was conducted in two government maternity hospitals in Lucknow. Neonates enrolled in the pre intervention phase were followed up for 6 weeks+15 days but did not recieve the study intervention. While, the mothers of the neonates enrolled in the post intervention phase recieved the study intervention within 48 hours of institutional delivery.Enrollment and follow-up procedures were same in both the phases.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 4 Weeks（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Neonates born in the participating hospital within last 48 hours and the parents on which gave written informed consent to participate in the study.
排除标准
- •Neonates presenting with any clinically detectable congenital malformation at birth or who required any resuscitation at birth or who were admitted for any morbidity immediately after birth or those who were not the residents of Lucknow or were likely to leave the city limits within next one month.
结局指标
主要结局
The utilization of health services of qualified medical care provider (attendance; hospitalization) for neonatal sickness
时间窗: In neonatal period
次要结局
- To assess the causes of failure of health seeking behavior for neonatal illnesses of the community(in neonatal period)