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Scaling up quality improvement for safer birth in public facilities of Nepal

Scaling up safer birth bundle through quality improvement in Nepal: a stepped wedged cluster randomized controlled trial in public hospitals

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN16741720
Enrollment
89000
Registered
2019-03-02
Start date
2019-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-07-13

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

Conditions

Childbirth Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

The SUSTAIN Package is a bundled kit of interventions which empower health care workers to efficiently monitor, provide care, and review care provided during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum p

Sponsors

Grand Challenges Canada
Lead Sponsor
Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women with gestational age =22 weeks 2. In labour

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Referred from the labour room to operation theatre for delivery 2. Referred to other facilities 3. Do not have fetal heart sound at admission.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To be measured using patient record review: 1. Intrapartum stillbirth-In-utero fetal death during labour after 22 weeks of gestational age with no signs of life (no breathing or no heart rate until 10 minutes of life). 2. First-day neonatal mortality rate 3. Pre-discharge neonatal mortality-death of baby before discharge

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Improvement in the proportion of delivery with fetal heart rate monitoring practice (every half an hour) will be determined using observation. 2. Improvement in the proportion of women to whom Moyo's FHMR is used to monitor fetal heart rate will be determined using observation. 3. Improvement in the proportion of babies heart rate monitored using neo-beat after birth will be determined using observation. 4. Whether maternity care was dignified will be determined by an interview with participating women. 5. Improvement in the proportion of non-breathing babies with bag and mask ventilation at 1 minute will be determined using observation. 6. Whether health workers are competent in neonatal resuscitation immediately after training will be determined using observation. 7. Whether health workers maintain neonatal resuscitation competency 6 months after training will be determined using observation during drills. 8. Whether health workers are competent in immediate newborn care will be determined using observation. 9. The proportion of health workers practicing skill drills in neonatalie at least 8 times in 3-month interval will be determined using observation. 10. The proportion of hospitals conducting bottleneck analysis and quality improvement plan development will be determined using observation.

Countries

Nepal

Contacts

Public ContactAshish;Rejina KC;Gurung

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ashish.k.c@kbh.uu.se;rejugrg@hotmail.com9841453806;+9779849979661

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 23, 2026