Clinical trial NCT05490056: Adequacy of Antenatal Care and Its Determinants in Assiut District
Official title: Adequacy of Antenatal Care and Its Determinants in Assiut District
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Maternal Care Patterns
Keywords: antenatal care
Lead sponsor: Assiut University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-08-05
Enrollment: 400
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 49
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: This study will be carried on women gave birth and come to immunize their children aged 2 months. The selection of index mother will be done during children vaccination sessions as the high vaccination coverage in Egypt give higher opportunity for non- biased selection of the studied population.

Brief summary: Cross sectional study on women who gave birth and attend immunization session for their children in Assiut District to assess the adequacy of ANC, its determinants and knowledge and attitude of antenatal care among the studied women

Detailed description: The World health organization (WHO) estimated that worldwide in 2021, about 211 women died per 100,000 live birth from pregnancy related causes and increasing to 415 on average in the poorest countries (1)Globally in 2020, nearly 2.4 million babies died during the first 28 days of life (2). High coverage of quality Antenatal Care (ANC) can play a crucial role to decrease maternal and child mortality rates and achieve national and global targets related to maternal and child health. ANC received from skilled provider increases maternal and newborn survival and reduces the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes(3) .

New WHO guidelines on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience include:

1. A minimum of eight contacts are recommended.
2. Counselling about healthy eating and keeping physically active during pregnancy.
3. Daily oral iron and folic acid supplementation
4. Tetanus toxoid vaccination is recommended.
5. One ultrasound scan before 24 weeks' gestation.
6. Health-care providers should ask all pregnant women about their use of alcohol and other substances(4).

The 2016 WHO prenatal care guidelines for a healthy pregnancy experience reflect a change from the centered ANC model with a prescribed minimum of 4 ANC visits (ANC4+) to a more expanded model that emphasizes contact number, timing, and services(5). At the global and national levels, most currently available data indicate that women receive at least 4 antenatal care visits. There is very limited data on the adequacy of ANC based and their correlates on updated WHO recommendations for antenatal care(5, (6),(7)). The current study is conducted in accordance with the research plan of Public Health and Community Medicine Department- Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria :

women of reproductive age who gave birth

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Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnant and menopaused women

Primary outcomes:
measure: Adequacy of ANC
timeFrame: 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Assiut Universiyy
name: Mahmoud Attia, Professor
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Osterman MJK, Martin JA. Timing and Adequacy of Prenatal Care in the United States, 2016. Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2018 May;67(3):1-14.
citation: Pugliese-Garcia M, Radovich E, Hassanein N, Campbell OMR, Khalil K, Benova L. Temporal and regional variations in use, equity and quality of antenatal care in Egypt: a repeat cross-sectional analysis using Demographic and Health Surveys. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 Jul 26;19(1):268. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2409-1.
citation: El Aty MA, Meky FA, Morsy M, El Sayed MK. Overall adequacy of antenatal care in Oman: secondary analysis of national reproductive health survey data, 2008. East Mediterr Health J. 2015 Feb 2;20(12):781-8.