NCT00832143

Effect of Referral Card on Neonatal Medical Care Seeking for Institutional Births in Urban Lucknow

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,020 (actual)
• Sponsor: King George's Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Neonatal mortality rate in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India is 53.6 per thousand, and accounts for 8% of global neonatal deaths.It has been argued that prompt and appropriate care-seeking for sick neonates can substantially reduce neonatal mortality. This pre and post intervention trial was done to assess the impact of a pictorial "Neonatal referral Card" and one-to-one counseling of mothers on the qualified medical care-seeking behavior for sick neonates in urban Lucknow. The study hypothesis was that the counseling on danger signs along with neonatal referral card has no impact on availing services of a qualified medical practitioner by caregivers of sick neonates.

Detailed description

The study was conducted in two government maternity hospitals in Lucknow. Neonates enrolled in the pre intervention phase were followed up for 6 weeks+15 days but did not recieve the study intervention. While, the mothers of the neonates enrolled in the post intervention phase recieved the study intervention within 48 hours of institutional delivery.Enrollment and follow-up procedures were same in both the phases.

Conditions

• Neonatal Morbidity
• Neonatal Illnesses

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Referral Card with one-to-one counseling	A Referral Card (Neonatal Well-Being Card) along with one-to-one counseling to mothers within 48 hours of institutional delivery

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-03-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-06-01
• First posted: 2009-01-29
• Last updated: 2009-01-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India