The Effect of e-Registration and mHealth on Institutional Deliveries in the Hazard-prone Areas

NCT05398978 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: NorthSouthU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 536
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study aims to determine the effect of the eRegistration tracking system and mHealth counseling on institutional deliveries to pregnant mothers in the hazard-prone areas of Southern Bangladesh.

Conditions

Place of Delivery

Keywords

Non-randomized controlled cluster trial; institutional delivery; e-Registration; mHealth

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Rate of Institutional delivery

  Normal vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections and assisted vaginal deliveries (forceps and vacuum deliveries) conducted at any healthcare facility by medically trained provider/ skilled birth attendant situated at the study sites will be considered as institutional delivery. Numerator: Number of institutional deliveries Denominator: Total deliveries in the study sites (A sum of normal vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections and assisted vaginal deliveries)

  22 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Proportion of different mode of deliveries

  22 weeks

• Proportion of different birth outcomes

  22 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention arm will be registered in th e-Register database and recieve voice calls and text messages

Other: e-Registration and mHealth

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will be enrolled and followed until their delivery. They will not get the intervention.

Interventions

e-Registration and mHealth OTHER

Registration to the electronic database Counseling through voice calls for facility delivery Text messages to promote facility delivery

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 45 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: We will include pregnant mothers for our study. Participant eligibility is based on thier pregnancy status and self-representation of gender identity.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

Pregnant mothers registered in the FWA register, 19 - 45 years, 28 - 36 weeks pregnant, have access to a mobile phone

Contact the study team to discuss eligibility requirements. They can help determine if this study is right for you.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• North South University: lead
• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Chowdhury AT, Jabeen S, Sultana ZZ, Rahman AE, Arifeen SE, Hossain A. Evaluating the impact of e-registration and mHealth on institutional delivery in hazard-prone areas of Bangladesh: A protocol for a non-randomized controlled cluster trial. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 27;18(9):e0271364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271364. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37756321 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Telemedicine

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration

Study Officials

• Ahmed Hossain, Ph.D, MSc

  North South University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Ahmed Hossain, Ph.D, MSc

CONTACT

+8801729378236; ahmed.hossain@northsouth.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: The pregnant mothers will be registered in the electronic database, they will be called by the midwives to motivate them for facility delivery and they will receive a text message regarding this.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2022
• First Posted: June 1, 2022
• Study Start: June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2022
• Study Completion: November 30, 2022
• Last Updated: June 1, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share