Stillbirths and quality of care during labour at the low resource referral hospital of Zanzibar: a case-control study

Nanna Maaløe, Natasha Housseine, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Tarek Meguid, Rashid Saleh Khamis, Ali Gharib Mohamed, Birgitte Bruun Nielsen, Jos van Roosmalen

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Abstract

Background: The aim of the RCT study was to investigate if the effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on return to work (RTW) and health care utilization differed by participants’ self-reported health status at baseline, defined by a) level of somatic symptoms, b) health anxiety and c) self-reported general health.
Methods: A total of 443 individuals were randomized to the intervention (n = 301) or the control group (n = 142) and responded to a questionnaire measuring health status at baseline. Participants were followed in registries measuring RTW and health care utilization. Relative risk (RR) and odds ratio (OR) were used as measures of associations. Results were adjusted for gender, age, educational level, work ability and previous sick leave.
Results: Among all responders we found no effect of the intervention on RTW. Among participants with low health anxiety, the one-year probability of RTW was lower in the intervention than in the control group (RR = 0.79 95 % CI 0.68-0.93), but for those with high health anxiety there was no difference between the groups (RR = 1.15 95 % CI 0.84-1.57). Neither general health nor somatic symptoms modified the effect of the intervention on RTW. The intervention had no effect on health care utilization.
Conclusions: The multidisciplinary intervention did not facilitate RTW or decrease health care utilization compared to ordinary case management in subgroups with multiple somatic symptoms, health anxiety or low self-rated health. However, the intervention resulted in a reduced chance of RTW among participants with low health anxiety levels.
Trial registration: ISRCTN43004323, and ISRCTN51445682
Original languageEnglish
Article number351
JournalB M C Pregnancy and Childbirth
Volume16
Pages (from-to)1-12
ISSN1471-2393
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2016

Keywords

  • Tanzania
  • Low resource
  • Stillbirths
  • Labour
  • Quality of care
  • PartoMa
  • Caesarean section
  • Severe hypertensive disorders
  • Oxytocin
  • Criterion-based audit
  • Case-control study
  • Guidelines
  • Partograph

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