Does Maternal Instruction Prevent Kernicterus in Nigeria?

Summary

This study examines (a) whether introduction of public, health provider, and maternal education about risks of jaundice will decrease the occurrence of ABE compared with baseline prevalence (before-after design) or (b) whether antenatal or postpartum instruction to mothers will decrease the incidence of ABE compared with those who did not received instruction (concurrent opportunistic controls in phase 2).

Conditions

• Kernicterus

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

maternal education

Antenatal and/or postpartum Instruction on risks of neonatal jaundice, dangerous practices, technique to evaluate jaundice, early signs of ABE, when to seek care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jos University Teaching Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Bayern University Teaching Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Massey Street Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Federal Medical Center Asaba

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Minnesota

  collaborator OTHER

• Bilimetrix s.r.l.

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Stephen Oguche, MBBS · Jos University Teaching Hospital

• Abieyuwa Emokpae, MBBS · Massey Street Pediatric Hospital, Lagos

• Zubaida Farouk, MBBS · Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

• Angela Okolo, MBBS · Federal Medical Center Asaba

• Isa Abdulkadir, MBBS · Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

30 Minutes

Max Age

21 Days

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-01-31

Primary Completion

2015-11-30

Completion

2015-11-30