Feasibility and results of at-home follow-up after early postpartum discharge from maternity units in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Ouattara, S.; Somé, Der Adolphe; Toure, B; Ouattara, Zanafon; Dembelé, Adama; Bambara, M.; Dao, Blami

doi:10.1684/mst.2013.0271

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“…Because of the potential complications, women spent an average of 8–14 days in hospital after delivery in the 1950s, during which time they received both postpartum care and education [8]. However, women are now generally discharged 1–2 days after delivery owing to high numbers and a limited capacity to provide lengthy stays in the maternity ward [9,10].…”

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Factors associated with poor attendance at the postpartum clinic six weeks after delivery in Cameroon

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Ilue

Bisong³

2015

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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Factors associated with poor attendance at the postpartum clinic six weeks after delivery in Cameroon

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2015

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“…It has been difficult to find any previous studies in sub-Saharan Africa using telephone follow-up to determine the health of the mother and baby following discharge after the delivery. A study from Burkina Faso, undertaken in 2011, used follow-up telephone calls to determine the health of mothers and newborns discharged with no complications from maternity units 6 h after delivery, 14 and to determine whether there were postdischarge complications. Although it was not clear whether most of the calls were to landlines or mobiles, this study anticipated the important role of mobile telephone follow-up in the future.…”

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Mobile Telephone Follow-Up to Ascertain Birth Outcomes in The Gambia

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Remmelzwaal

Cooper

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Introduction: In the past decade, mobile telephone use has surged in sub-Saharan Africa, creating new opportunities in health care. Mobile telephone interventions have been used in controlled trials to improve perinatal care, but in this first cohort study of birth outcomes from The Gambia, we report the value of mobile telephone follow-up. Methods: Between December 2012 and November 2015, 1,611 women entered the cohort at their first antenatal visit to be followed through pregnancy and beyond. Potential risk factors for adverse birth outcomes were measured throughout the pregnancy. As many women left the health center within a few hours of delivery, delivered elsewhere, or failed to attend the postnatal clinics, mobile telephone follow-up was used to identify stillbirths and neonatal deaths at 7 and 28 days. Results: The immediate birth outcome was known for 968 women who delivered at the health center (60.1%). The known outcomes at birth improved from 60.1% to 85.2% following telephone calls to women who delivered elsewhere. The known outcomes at 7 days improved from 43.6% to 82.5%, and the known outcomes at 28 days improved from 32.8% to 71.5% following a telephone call. Conclusions: Previous cohort studies of birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa have not followed the mothers and babies after leaving the birth facility. This cohort is the first to record birth outcomes up to 28 days after the birth. Mobile telephone communications have made an invaluable contribution in intervention studies. This study has shown that mobile telephone follow-up is also an important tool in an observational study.

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Feasibility and results of at-home follow-up after early postpartum discharge from maternity units in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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Factors associated with poor attendance at the postpartum clinic six weeks after delivery in Cameroon

Factors associated with poor attendance at the postpartum clinic six weeks after delivery in Cameroon

Mobile Telephone Follow-Up to Ascertain Birth Outcomes in The Gambia

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