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

Maternal Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04232137
• Other study ID #: GH/LUC/909
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 8, 2015
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 439
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant patient

• First visit to antenatal care clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-viable pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Birth Setting
• Maternal Health

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Postpartum coffee ceremony
The promise of a postpartum coffee ceremony

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Gambo General Rural Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hospital-based Delivery Rate	Percentage of antenatal care patients that deliver in the hospital	Up to 9 months
Secondary	Health Center or Health Post-delivery Rate	Percentage of antenatal care patients that deliver in an associated health center or health post	Up to 9 months