Effectiveness of Advertising Availability of Prenatal Ultrasound on Uptake of Antenatal Care in Rural Uganda

NCT02587091 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 157
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

A cluster randomized trial was conducted across eight rural sub-counties in southwestern Uganda. This study was conducted to determine the impact of advertising free obstetric ultrasound on the attendance to antenatal care clinics.

Conditions

Antenatal Care; Maternal Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Total attendance to antenatal care clinic

  The primary outcome in this study was attendance to antenatal care clinic in each sub-county

  9 days

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Attendance to antenatal care clinic by women who had previously seen a traditional healer/birth attendant

  9 days

• Attendance to antenatal care clinic by women who had not previously received antenatal care services in their current pregnancy

  9 days

• Attendance to antenatal care clinic specifically because of portable obstetric ultrasound

  9 days

Study Arms (2)

Control Arm

NO INTERVENTION

In this arm communities were told by word of mouth advertisement that a comprehensive antenatal care clinic would be held. There was no advertisement of portable ultrasound.

Intervention Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

In this arm communities were told by word of mouth advertisement that a comprehensive antenatal care clinic would be held. In addition, it was advertised that portable ultrasound would be provided free of charge in addition to standard comprehensive antenatal care.

Behavioral: Portable obstetric ultrasound

Interventions

Portable obstetric ultrasound BEHAVIORAL

This intervention was advertised at the cluster level

Intervention Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be residents of the Kabale Region
• All pregnant women aged 18 and above who present to one of the antenatal care clinics

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women under the age of consent (under 18 years); and any males or non-pregnant females who attend the health camps will be excluded from the study.\*
• All participants excluded from the study will still be offered free medical and dental care as part of a mobile free medical/dental clinic that will be offered in the same community at the same time but in a neighbouring location. For pregnant women under the age of 18, free obstetric ultrasound will also be offered.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bridge to Health Medical and Dental: lead
• Kigezi Healthcare Foundation: collaborator

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2015
• First Posted: October 27, 2015
• Study Start: February 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2014
• Study Completion: February 1, 2014
• Last Updated: October 27, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-10