NCT03354832

In-utero Death and Birth Mortality in Reunion Island

Research Action on Infant Mortality in Reunion Island Evaluation of Factors Affecting In-utero Foetal Death and New-born Death in Reunion Island

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Infant mortality is still relevant despite the improvement and the accessibility of hospital care. Premature birth are two fold higher than in metropolitan France. Some factors has been suspected such as precariousness, alcoholism, congenital malformation, care accessibility, epidemic environment ... Nevertheless, the impact of these factors on foetal death or new-born death are not yet sufficiently quantified to provide appropriate care and prevention action in Reunion Island.

Detailed description

Through the analysis of interview of the mothers that have lost their infant during pregnancy or just after birth, the study aims to draw a picture of the pregnancy cares offer and pregnancy conditions in Reunion Island. This study is an non interventional case-control study. Socio-economic conditions, pregnancy care and prevention are screened to identified the major cause of foetal or new-born death in Reunion Island. These data are still lacking and will be useful to identify which public health actions that should be organized.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Loss
• Infant Death

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Foetal death	A midwife is in charge to interview the mother during the month following the lost of her infant.
OTHER	New-born death	A midwife is in charge to interview the mother during the month following the lost of her infant.
OTHER	Birth control for foetal death	A midwife is in charge to interview the mother during her hospital stay
OTHER	Birth control for new-born death	A midwife is in charge to interview the mother during her hospital stay

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-14
• Primary completion: 2018-09-01
• Completion: 2018-09-01
• First posted: 2017-11-28
• Last updated: 2019-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Reunion