Table 1 Clinical Outcome Measures and their respective definitions
From: Saving babies’ lives project impact and results evaluation (SPiRE): a mixed methodology study
Clinical Outcomes | Measurement | Definition |
|---|---|---|
Primary Outcome | Stillbirth Rate | The death of a baby before or during birth after 24 weeks of gestation [24] expressed as a proportion of live births. |
Secondary Outcomes | Term, normally formed singleton stillbirths. | Stillborn infants with no evidence of congenital anomaly |
Preterm birth rate | Births before 37 weeks | |
Gestation at birth | ||
Induction of labour rate | Proportion of women with induction of labour (excluding women who have elective CS) | |
Rate of normal vaginal delivery | Proportion of all births by normal vaginal delivery | |
Rate of instrumental vaginal delivery | Proportion of all births by instrumental vaginal delivery | |
Rate of Caesarean section | Proportion of babies born by Caesarean section (emergency + elective procedures) | |
Rate of Emergency Caesarean Section | Proportion of births by emergency Caesarean section | |
Birthweight | ||
Birthweight centile | Calculated using GROW-Centile software | |
Rate of admission to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) | Proportion of babies admitted to NICU for any indication after delivery | |
Number of babies therapeutically cooled | Proportion of babies receiving therapeutic cooling for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy | |
Number of reported clinical incidents | Number of clinical incidents (i.e. clinical events (massive obstetric haemorrhage) as opposed to non-clinical e.g. staff shortage) reported on hospitals incident reporting system. |