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The cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted in the selected health facilities/birthing centers of Sarlahi district in Nepal. Further from the selected health facilities. The investigators will assess the newborn in terms of their health outcomes. Characteristics related to the performance of skilled birth attendants will be measured prior to the intervention. After six months of the intervention, endline assessment will be conducted. The intervention unit are the health facilities which provide the services as birthing centers. The effectiveness of the intervention will be examined using generalized estimating equation against baseline vs. endline on skills performance of the health workers and newborn health outcomes. The study will be implied in the similar settings to improve the skill performance and newborn health outcomes in order to reduce neonatal mortality.


Clinical Trial Description

In Nepal, health facilities need to be strengthened and the staff should be tailored training at health facilities who are designated as birthing center. Although, the health facility readiness survey has shown that health facilities had availability of bag and mask (neonatal) neonatal resuscitation equipment in delivery room (Kc et al., 2020). However, health workers were found to have lack of adequate knowledge on basic emergency and neonatal care (BEmONC) signal function including poor knowledge and skill on newborn resuscitation. resulting in poor child health outcomes during facility-births and had poor knowledge and skill on newborn resuscitation (Lama et al., 2020). Newborn resuscitation simulation training was effective in improving clinical performance of health service providers and perinatal outcomes (Vadla, Moshiro, et al., 2022). NeoNatalieā„¢ is a low-cost, highly portable, and realistic manikin that helps health workers learn and practice standard newborn care and resuscitation measures to better handle birth asphyxia(Laerdal helping save lives, 2022). Use of NeoNatalie, a newborn simulator for neonatal resuscitation training has improved performance of midwives and their motivation(Vadla, Mdoe, et al., 2022). There has been intervention that provided training on helping baby breathe (HBB) in large hospitals in Nepal. However, the use of simulator and training to the midwives at birthing center has not been evaluated for the effectiveness of simulator in increasing their performance and newborn health outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed to improve the performance of skilled-birth attendant in providing resuscitation to the newborn with birth asphyxia by applying simulator-based training. ;


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NCT number NCT06213207
Study type Interventional
Source Integrated Development Foundation Nepal
Contact Khem N Pokhrel, PhD
Phone 9851113827
Email pratikjee@gmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date February 18, 2024
Completion date April 30, 2025

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