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Quasi-Experimental Study to Determine the Association Between the Provision of Prenatal Ultrasound and Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes in Rural Uganda

Quasi-Experimental Study to Determine the Association Between the Provision of Prenatal Ultrasound and Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes in Rural Uganda

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202202670656570
Enrollment
3500
Registered
2022-02-14
Start date
2021-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

Provision of Ultrasound services
None

Sponsors

Imaging the World Corp
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: This study will include all pregnant women who will voluntarily consent to participate in the study, between the ages of eighteen- and forty-nine-years attending routine antenatal care or scheduled for an obstetric ultrasound at one of the study sites, and their neonates

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The study will exclude: a. All women who do not sign a consent form b. All women on non-routine obstetric ultrasound scan c. All women below eighteen years of age & above fifty or more years of age

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The study will have 2 co-primary outcomes: i.Referral of the mother to a higher level of care prior to delivery ii. Location of delivery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The study will have several secondary outcomes. These are need for neonatal resuscitation in the form of bag-mask ventilation at delivery, Apgar scores assigned to the neonate following delivery, maternal post-partum hemorrhage, stillbirth, neonatal death up to 28 days post-delivery, maternal death up to 42 days post-delivery.

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactDelia Horn

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

delia.horn@uvmhealth.org8023459213

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026