Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03640663
Validation of a Midwifery Model in Palestine 2
The Palestinian Midwifery-led Continuity Model's Effect on Mothers' and Babies' Health Outcomes
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 2,199 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 15 Years – 44 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A midwife-led continuity model of care was implemented in governmental maternal facilities in Palestine. Midwives from the hospitals provided outreaching caseload ante- and postnatal care to women in rural villages clinics and homes. This study investigated if the model had impact on important maternal and neonatal health outcomes. A retrospective cohort design was used.
Detailed description
Background: A midwife-led continuity model of care was implemented in governmental maternal facilities in Palestine. Midwives from the hospitals provided outreaching caseload ante- and postnatal care to women in rural villages clinics and homes. This study investigated if the model had impact on important maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Method: A retrospective cohort design was used. Nablus governmental hospital, Rafidia's medical records were reviewed and data extracted involving 2199 women with singleton pregnancies, residing in rural villages, and their new-born babies born between January 2016 and February 2017. Outcomes were limited to the available information in the hospital's birth registry. Important maternal outcomes were postpartum anaemia (Hb \<11), mode of delivery and induction of labour. Important outcomes for new-borns were premature delivery \< 37 weeks, birth weight \< 2500g and 1500g and referral to neonatal intensive care unit. Outcomes were compared between women receiving the midwife-led continuity model of antenatal care and women receiving regular care.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Midwife led continuity model of care | Midwives from the hospitals provided outreaching caseload ante- and postnatal care to women in rural villages clinics and homes |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-02-28
- Completion
- 2018-08-30
- First posted
- 2018-08-21
- Last updated
- 2019-02-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Palestinian Territories
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03640663. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.