Implementation Study for Improving the Quality of Continuity of Care in Midwifery Practice

UMIN ID: UMIN000054204

Registered date:20/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Overt Diabetes in Pregnancy
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/01/05
• Target sample size: 514
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): This project study is an implementation research aimed at improving the quality of continuous support for women with gestational hyperglycemia by implementing a continuity of midwifery care promotion program at the antenatal clinic of Hospital A, based on the World Health Organization's Continuity and Coordination of Care framework. In this project, a continuity of care program will be implemented for midwives assigned to the antenatal clinic, and they will provide antenatal care to women with gestational hyperglycemia following the care guidelines.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: 1.Knowledge of midwives on care for gestational hyperglycemia, 2.Midwives' experience, confidence, and job satisfaction in caring for gestational hyperglycemia, 3.Breastfeeding rates at discharge and 1-month checkup, weight gain control, and large for gestational age (LGA) birth rate,4.Patient experience and satisfaction, 5.Physicians' clinical workload and healthcare costs, 6.fidelity, 7.feasibility, 8.appropriateness, 9.acceptability, 10.reach

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: 55years-old
• Gender: Female
• Exclude criteria: pregestational diabetes mellitus

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: St. Luke's International University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: None