Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony in a Rural Ethiopian Hospital to Increase Hospital-based Delivery Rates

April 23, 2020 updated by: Tobias Limperg, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
This study evaluates if organizing a postpartum traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony will provide an incentive for our antenatal care patients to eventually deliver in our hospital. Patients are randomized to either receiving, or not receiving, a postpartum coffee ceremony for them and their relatives.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with an estimated maternal mortality ratio of 497 per 100,000 live births. Cultural factors contribute to the underutilization of maternal health services. In 2014, only 20% of our antenatal care patients delivered in our hospital. In order to increase health facility-based delivery rates, government-funded hospitals and health centers facilitate traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremonies after delivery. We hypothesized that organizing postpartum coffee ceremonies would motivate our antenatal care patients to deliver in our hospital and would thus increase the hospital-based delivery rate.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

439

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant patient
  • First visit to antenatal care clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Non-viable pregnancy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Coffee ceremony
Antenatal care patients will be told on their first antenatal care visit that a postpartum coffee ceremony will be organized for them and up to 4 relatives
Behavioral: Postpartum coffee ceremony
The promise of a postpartum coffee ceremony
No Intervention: NO Coffee ceremony
Antenatal care patients will be told that they will NOT receive a postpartum coffee ceremony, as is the current status quo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Hospital-based Delivery Rate
Time Frame: Up to 9 months
Percentage of antenatal care patients that deliver in the hospital
Up to 9 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Health Center or Health Post-delivery Rate
Time Frame: Up to 9 months
Percentage of antenatal care patients that deliver in an associated health center or health post
Up to 9 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Collaborators

University of Missouri, Kansas City
Gambo General Rural Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tobias Limperg, MD MSc, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 8, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 15, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 14, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 14, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

January 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 23, 2020

Last Verified

April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • GH/LUC/909

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

All collected individual deidentified participant data will be shared.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Plan: immediately following publication. End date to be determined.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Anyone who wishes to access the data. For any type of purpose.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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