Prenatal Care Program in Dingyuan County

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prenatal Care
• Interventions: Behavioral: training

• Registration Number: NCT01054235
• Lead Sponsor: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Brief Summary

The general objective of this study is to evaluate prenatal care in the specific context of rural China. It also aims to define the optimal content of prenatal care for the context of rural China, to evaluate the effect of such prenatal care on infant and maternal outcomes, using a community based, well designed controlled trial in rural counties. Finally, it aims to describe the process of conducting a controlled study using community resources.

Detailed Description

The study was conducted in a rural county of 900,000 people in Anhui province, in eastern China. The total area of the county is almost 3,000 square kilometres. The majority of the population of the county is engaged in farming. In terms of national GDP rankings, the study county is typical of less developed rural areas in China. Twenty townships (10 interventions and 10 control) out of a total of 55 were selected - on the basis of having sufficient health facilities and staff - for a controlled trial on the introduction of systematic prenatal care in the area.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2000-08
• Primary Completion: 2003-03
• Study Completion: 2003-03
• Status Verified: 2010-01
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-01-20
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 2010-01-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

• pregnant woman in program area (in 20 townships) from August 2000 to March 2003

Exclusion Criteria

• outsiders of program area

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental	training	The intervention consisted of 1) training township midwives, 2) informing women and men in the community of the importance of prenatal care, 3) providing intervention township hospitals with basic medical instruments used in prenatal care (i.e. blood pressure monitors, weighing scales for mothers and newborns, stethoscopes). For control ,none of the intervention will be given.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
perinatal mortality	Jan 1999-Dec 2003

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
timing and frequency of prenatal care and hospital delivery rate	Jan 1999-Dec 2003

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

County Health Bureau, Ding Yuan County; 🇨🇳 Chuzhou, Anhui, China