NCT06039618

Capabilities of Perinatal Healthcare Institutions in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Capabilities of Perinatal Healthcare Institutions in Primary and Tertiary Care of Low Birth Weight Infants in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Cross-sectional Multicentric Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 22,897 (actual)
• Sponsor: Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda zu Duisburg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 22 Weeks – 42 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the level of the perinatal healthcare institution (PHI) where the newborns were delivered. We included newborns of both genders that were born in the maternity wards in 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). From the PHI of the first and second level, 159 newborns were referred to the third level. Out of a total of 159 LBWI referred from other PHI, only 19.5% LBWI were transported in less than 4 hours. In second level PHI, most LBWI died in the first 12 hours after birth.

Conditions

• Prenatal Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Referral to Centre of Higher Organizational Level	Referral to Centre of Higher Organizational Level. This means referral from a primary neonatal care center to a secondary one, or from the secondary to the tertiary center.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-31
• Completion: 2017-12-31
• First posted: 2023-09-15
• Last updated: 2023-09-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Bosnia and Herzegovina