Audit of Management of First Stage of Labour in Assiut University Hospitals : a Quality Improvement Project

auditing the current management of first stage of normal vaginal deliveries at Assiut university hospitals emergency obstetric care

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Vaginal Delivery

Detailed Description

Clinical auditing is a quality improvement process that involves reviewing the delivery of healthcare to ensure the best practice is being carried out . it is agreed that caesarean section rates are above the nationally accepted in Egypt . This can be related to many factors and can be associated with risks to morbidities and mortalities

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 400

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

normal vaginal dellivary of primigravida

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• term 37- 41 weeks primigravida single vertex presentation living fetus spontaneous onset no contraindications for vaginal delivary

Exclusion Criteria:

• women with associated co morbidities pre eclampsia and diabetes IUFD previous uterine scar intrauterine growth restriction

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Nice clinical guidelines for intrapartum care for healthy women and babies; define gold standards in intrapartum care for healthy women and babies
performance in the care provided to patients in periods of audit; measure performance in the care provided to the patients in the period of audit

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
measure performance according to gold standers	measure performance and adherence to gold standers during management of first stage of labour in assuit university hospitals	BASELINE

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
introduction of NICE guidelines in practice	introduction of NICE guidelines in management of first stage of labour in practice in assuit university hospitals	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assiut University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 23, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): December 3, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 3, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 23, 2021
• Last Verified: November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: audit of first stage of labour

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No