A Retrospective Review of the Seasonality of Pre-Eclampsia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00826696

Enrollment

500

Registered

2009-01-22

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2009-07-31

Last updated

2010-01-28

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

Conditions

Preeclampsia

Keywords

preeclampsia

Brief summary

This retrospective review will will attempt to determine whether our data show a significant difference in number of deliveries of women with pre-eclampsia compared to deliveries without pre-eclampsia during certain months of the year.

Detailed description

This study is a retrospective review of obstetrics charts of women who gave birth at OSU Medical Center between January 01, 2005 and December 31, 2007. Included will be patient charts of women \> 18 years old who were admitted to OSUMC for delivery (both cesarean and vaginal deliveries) between 1/1/05 and 12/31/07, with and without a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. The data collected will be recorded in a spreadsheet by month/day of delivery, and whether pre-eclampsia was a diagnosis. Also included will be total number of deliveries per month and total number of pre-eclampsia diagnoses per month. The rate of pre-eclampsia will be calculated. A contingency table with corresponding chi square test will be performed to determine whether there is a significant relationship of the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia with seasonality, defined primarily by month. Certain data occurring during transition periods between seasons may be excluded from analyses.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Women who gave birth at OSU Medical Center between January 01, 2005 and December 31, 2007 and were \> 18 years old who were admitted to OSUMC for delivery (both cesarean and vaginal deliveries) between 1/1/05 and 12/31/07, with and without a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia.

Exclusion criteria

* Females under age 18

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of women per month who had a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia at OSU Medical Center when they delivered a baby.	Data assessed from patient charts retrospectively

Countries

United States

Outcome results