Waiting Time. Wasting Time
30 april 2018 bijgewerkt door: Margaret McConnell, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Waiting Time. Wasting Time: A Randomized Control Trial to Investigate the Health Impacts of Improving the Quality of Antenatal Care in Mozambique
Our study's principle purpose is to determine whether decreasing waiting time before being seen for antenatal care increases demand for and use of antenatal care services in Mozambique.
Studie Overzicht
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
This protocol describes a pilot study that will test the impact of a scheduling intervention intended to reduce waiting times for antenatal care.
The study will include one intervention health clinic and one control clinic in Maputo, Mozambique.
In the intervention facility women attending antenatal care will be informed that if they return at their scheduled date and time they will be seen within one hour by clinic staff rather than having to wait for an indefinite amount of time before being seen for care.
Appointment cards will be clipped into ANC cards, which collect routine health data and are kept by women at the end of their ANC visit.
Health facility staff will be trained to identify women who return at their scheduled time and to manage patient flow such that scheduled women are received quickly.
After the start date of the intervention, all women attending ANC at the health facility will be provided a scheduled return date and time window.
Baseline and endline exit interview surveys will be conducted in both intervention and control facilities to compare changes in waiting time, number of ANC visits, and provider satisfaction over the course the study period between clinics.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
597
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
18 jaar en ouder (Volwassen, Oudere volwassene)
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Ja
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Vrouw
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion criteria for individual study participants enrolled after delivery:
1. Women who delivered at the health facility during the weeks of recruitment
Inclusion criteria for women whose waiting time is measured:
1. Women at the health facility to seek care for antenatal care or another reproductive health service (anticipate total enrollment of 800 women)
Inclusion criteria for the health care provider survey is that the provider
- Have worked in the health facility for at least 6 months
- The health care worker provides ANC as part of their routine duties (anticipate total enrollment of 4 health care workers)
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria for individual study participants enrolled after delivery:
- Women under 18 years of age will be excluded
- Women whose babies die during labor or childbirth from the delivery exit interviews
There are no exclusion criteria for the sample of women whose waiting time will be measured There are no exclusion criteria for the health care provider survey
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Onderzoek naar gezondheidsdiensten
- Toewijzing: Niet-gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Geen tussenkomst: Controle
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Experimenteel: Scheduling Intervention
Pre-natal visit scheduling
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This intervention will include a scheduled date and time for prenatal care follow-up visits.
Women in the intervention group seeking care for their first ANC appointment will be offered several appointment slots on their return date by the nurse providing their first ANC visit.
Women will be able select among the time options and will be provided an appointment card with their scheduled date and time.
Staff will limit the number of scheduled women per hour by maintaining an appointment book.
Clinic staff will be trained to differentiate between women returning for a scheduled visit from first prenatal visits, emergencies, and unscheduled return visits.
First visits and emergencies will be seen during the first 2 hours after clinic opening and unscheduled women will be seen during a one-hour time slot midday.
When women return on their date, they will be seen within one hour of their appointment time by clinic staff.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Tijdsspanne |
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Change in percent of women completing at least 4 prenatal care visits before and after intervention
Tijdsspanne: During most recent pregnancy, as reported in an exit survey conducted at discharge from delivery at baseline and six months after the start of the scheduling intervention
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During most recent pregnancy, as reported in an exit survey conducted at discharge from delivery at baseline and six months after the start of the scheduling intervention
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Change in average waiting time before being seen for prenatal care before and after intervention
Tijdsspanne: Measured for 4 weeks at baseline before the start of the intervention, and for 4 weeks, 3 months after the start of the intervention
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Measured for 4 weeks at baseline before the start of the intervention, and for 4 weeks, 3 months after the start of the intervention
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Change in nurses satisfaction with their job (1-5 scale)
Tijdsspanne: Measured before the start of the intervention, and 6 months after the start of the intervention
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Measured before the start of the intervention, and 6 months after the start of the intervention
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Change in proportion of key ANC services respondent reports receiving at most recent prenatal care visit, 9 possible services measured in exit survey at discharge from delivery.
Tijdsspanne: Measured at baseline and 6 months after the start of the intervention
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9 key services include:
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Measured at baseline and 6 months after the start of the intervention
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
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Publicaties en nuttige links
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Studie record data
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Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start (Werkelijk)
1 oktober 2016
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 juli 2017
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 juli 2017
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
17 oktober 2016
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
18 oktober 2016
Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)
19 oktober 2016
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)
2 mei 2018
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
30 april 2018
Laatst geverifieerd
1 april 2018
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- 0344
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