Maternal Health Complications, Newborn Health Complications
Conditions
Keywords
Skilled Birth Attendant, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Maternal Complications, Newborn Complications
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether encouraging pregnant women in rural Bangladesh to use a skilled birth attendant during childbirth can improve the health of mothers and newborns. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the encouragement increase the use of skilled birth attendants during childbirth? Does childbirth assisted by a skilled birth attendant lower health complications among mothers and newborns? Researchers randomly assigned pregnant women to an encouragement group or a comparison group. Women in the encouragement group received a flyer with information about childbirth facilities, skilled birth attendants, and ambulance contact details. Researchers collected information after childbirth to assess maternal and newborn health complications.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSkilled Birth Attendant Encouragement Intervention
Participants assigned to the encouragement group received a flyer containing information about childbirth facilities, skilled birth attendants, and ambulance contact information to encourage the use of health facilities for childbirth. The intervention was intended to encourage childbirth with the assistance of a skilled birth attendant.
Sponsors
Hiroshima University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Pregnant women residing in the selected study areas in rural Bangladesh * Pregnant women approximately 5-7 months pregnant at enrollment * Expected to give birth during the study follow-up period * Provided informed consent to participate
Exclusion criteria
\- No specific
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maternal Health Complications Within 42 Days After Childbirth | 0-3 days, 4-7 days, 8-13 days, 14-28 days, and 29-42 days postpartum | Maternal health complications included postpartum hemorrhage, anemia, low blood pressure, high fever, and perineal tear. The occurrence of these complications was assessed after childbirth during the 42-day postpartum period. Each complication was recorded as a binary outcome (yes/no). |
| Newborns With Health Complications After Birth | 0-3 days, 4-7 days, 8-13 days, 14-28 days, and 29-42 days after birth | Newborn health complications included birth asphyxia, newborn infection (including sepsis, jaundice, pneumonia, or high fever), and umbilical infection. Each complication was recorded as a binary outcome (yes/no) based on whether the complication occurred during the specified period after birth. |
Countries
Bangladesh
Outcome results
None listed