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Scaling Up Safer Birth Bundle Through Quality Improvement in Nepal (SUSTAIN)a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in public hospitals

Gurung, R; Jha, AK; Pyakurel, S; Gurung, A; Litorp, H; Wrammert, J; Jha, BK; ... Ashish, KC; + view all (2019) Scaling Up Safer Birth Bundle Through Quality Improvement in Nepal (SUSTAIN)a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in public hospitals. Implementation Science , 14 , Article 65. 10.1186/s13012-019-0917-z. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Each year, 2.2 million intrapartum-related deaths (intrapartum stillbirths and first day neonatal deaths) occur worldwide with 99% of them taking place in low- and middle-income countries. Despite the accelerated increase in the proportion of deliveries taking place in health facilities in these settings, the stillborn and neonatal mortality rates have not reduced proportionately. Poor quality of care in health facilities is attributed to two-thirds of these deaths. Improving quality of care during the intrapartum period needs investments in evidence-based interventions. We aim to evaluate the quality improvement package—Scaling Up Safer Bundle Through Quality Improvement in Nepal (SUSTAIN)—on intrapartum care and intrapartum-related mortality in public hospitals of Nepal. METHODS: We will conduct a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in eight public hospitals with each having least 3000 deliveries a year. Each hospital will represent a cluster with an intervention transition period of 2 months in each. With a level of significance of 95%, the statistical power of 90% and an intra-cluster correlation of 0.00015, a study period of 19 months should detect at least a 15% change in intrapartum-related mortality. Quality improvement training, mentoring, systematic feedback, and a continuous improvement cycle will be instituted based on bottleneck analyses in each hospital. All concerned health workers will be trained on standard basic neonatal resuscitation and essential newborn care. Portable fetal heart monitors (Moyo®) and neonatal heart rate monitors (Neobeat®) will be introduced in the hospitals to identify fetal distress during labor and to improve neonatal resuscitation. Independent research teams will collect data in each hospital on intervention inputs, processes, and outcomes by reviewing records and carrying out observations and interviews. The dose-response effect will be evaluated through process evaluations. DISCUSSION: With the global momentum to improve quality of intrapartum care, better understanding of QI package within a health facility context is important. The proposed package is based on experiences from a similar previous scale-up trial carried out in Nepal. The proposed evaluation will provide evidence on QI package and technology for implementation and scale up in similar settings.

Type: Article
Title: Scaling Up Safer Birth Bundle Through Quality Improvement in Nepal (SUSTAIN)a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in public hospitals
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-019-0917-z
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0917-z
Language: English
Additional information: © 2021 BioMed Central Ltd. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Quality improvement interventions, Basic neonatal resuscitation, Fetal heart rate monitoring, Stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial, Nepal
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120458
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