The PartoMa Project: For Improving Monitoring, Action and Triage During Labour (PartoMa)
Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth, Maternal Death
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obstetric Labor Complications focused on measuring Obstetrics, Partogram, ePartogram, eHealth, Low-income, Quality of care, Perinatal death, Maternal death, Cesarean section, Health information technology
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- All women in labour delivering at the study site and their outcome, October 2014 - January 2015 and October 2015 - January 2016
- All health care providers at the department during the baseline and intervention period, October 2014 - January 2016
For the different substudies, sub-groups are selected (please see the secondary outcomes for a description).
Sites / Locations
- Dept. Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mnazi Mmoja Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Women in labour
Health care providers
All women in labour during the study period (4 months baseline and the 9th-12th month of the intervention) will be included for this pre- vs. post-study of the PartoMa intervention. The following subgroups will be studied in-depth: All stillbirths All maternal deaths All women with severe hypertensive disorders A randomized selected group of women delivering a the study site, approximately 300-600 each year.
All health care providers (physicians and nurse-midwives) working at the Department of Obstetrics during the study period will be invited to participate in knowledge tests of obstetric care and qualitative participant observations as well as in-depth interviews regarding quality of care. This is a part of evaluating the use and effectiveness of the PartoMa intervention.