Status:

UNKNOWN

Abortion-related Morbidity and Mortality in Conflict-affected and Fragile Settings Study

Lead Sponsor:

Epicentre

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ipas

Guttmacher Institute

Conditions:

Abortion Complication

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Brief Summary

To describe and estimate the burden of abortion-related complications, particularly near-miss complications and deaths, and their associated factors among women presenting for abortion-related complic...

Detailed Description

Multi-sites mixed-methods study with 4 components: 1. A quantitative observational descriptive study among women presenting for abortion-related complications to determine the frequency and severity ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW:
  • Women
  • with any signs or symptoms of abortion-related complications, i.e. any signs or symptoms of complications of spontaneous or induced abortion, whatever the abortion stage: inevitable, missed, incomplete, complete abortion .
  • Or with a presentation primary diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy

Exclusion

  • Threatened abortion (defined as vaginal bleeding with a closed cervix after having excluded the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy)
  • History of abortion-related complications and presenting for an unrelated issue
  • Refusal to participate
  • QUANTITATIVE INTERVIEW:
  • Inclusion criteria: all women included in the medical record review subcomponent and hospitalized (who stayed overnight or more)
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Participation to the interview as potentially harmwful to the woman according to her health care provider, Refusal to participate.
  • QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW:
  • Inclusion criteria: Women eligible for the quantitative interview and who experienced at least 1 criterion of near-miss event or potentially life-threatening conditions
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Participation to the interview as potentially harmwful to the woman according to her health care provider, Refusal to participate.
  • RAPID FACILITY ASSESSMENT:
  • Key-informant: the provider in charge of the service providing post-abortion care
  • KAPB SURVEY:
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Health professionals (i.e. doctors, midwives, clinical officers, medical officers, nurses, aidmidwives, aid-nurses) involved in PAC and SAC services in the study site health facility Literate
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Refusal to participate.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 3 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

2500 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04331847

Start Date

September 3 2019

End Date

December 1 2021

Last Update

October 11 2021

Active Locations (3)

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Castor Maternity Center

Bangui, Central African Republic

2

Maternity center of the Hopital General de Référence

Masisi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

3

Maternity center of the general Jahun Hospital

Jahun, Nigeria