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Use of Cesarean Birth at Private Health Facilities in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi

NCT04442997 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2022-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the research study is to collect preliminary data to which future outcomes after implementing quality improvement projects or research will be compared. There will be observation of the labor and delivery services received and resulting outcomes of women and infants who deliver at private health facilities in urban Malawi. Data will be collected at admission, delivery, and discharge from women and providers on patient characteristics, labor and obstetric characteristics, delivery factors, and pregnancy outcomes that result during the course of the hospitalization. This will include the vital status of the mother and the infant. The overall hypothesis is that cesarean birth rates will be higher than the ecologically supported 10% cesarean birth rate, and that there may be cesareans that are performed without clear medical indication.

Conditions

  • Cesarean Section

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Margo Harrison, MD, MPH · University of Colorado, Denver

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-21
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • Malawi

Study Locations

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