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Evaluating the impact of the WHO’s Safe Childbirth Checklist in Indonesia – a randomized controlled trial

Evaluating the impact of the WHO’s Safe Childbirth Checklist in Aceh Province, Indonesia – a cluster randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11041580
Enrollment
32
Registered
2018-03-07
Start date
2016-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Complications (e.g., asphyxia, bacterial sepsis, hypothermia, eclampsia, hemorrhage) and mortality during child deliveries Pregnancy and Childbirth Complications (e.g., asphyxia, bacterial sepsis, hypothermia, eclampsia, hemorrhage) and mortality during child deliveries

Interventions

Study sites are matched groupwise based on baseline data. Those are then used to build two comparable groups via an optimisation approach. The groups are then assigned randomly in intervention and con

Sponsors

Georg-August University Göttingen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All public health facilities in Banda Aceh and Bireuen regency, including hospitals (rumah sakit) and community health centers (puskesmas) will be included in the study population.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Health facilities that are below the level of hospitals and community health centres (puskesmas) will not be considered, as a sufficient number of cases per observation unit is needed to ensure an empirically meaningful analysis.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Changes in observed behaviour measured using a modified version of the SCC observation checklist of Ariadne Labs at 6 months after baseline 2. Practitioners' perspectives on quality of care, referral perceptions, working structure, information and communication, knowledge motivation, empowerment, reminding and the coaching process, measured using individual practitioner surveys at baseline and 6 months after baseline

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Health outcomes/mortality measured using administrative/ hospital level data at baseline and 6 months after the start of the SCC intervention. 2. Birth complications measured using administrative/ hospital level data at baseline and 6 months after the start of the SCC intervention

Countries

Indonesia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026