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Table 3 Summary of research methods assessing barriers and enablers to labour ward register documentation, EN-BIRTH study

From: Barriers and enablers to routine register data collection for newborns and mothers: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study

Method

Description of the method

Duty ward

Responsibility

Selected indicator documented explored

Heath workers:

a) In-depth interviews and

c) care-documentation checklist

Nurses/midwives (n = 3 per hospital, total n = 15)

Labour and Delivery

Care for patient and document

• Uterotonics to prevent PPH

• Early initiation of breastfeeding

• Neonatal bag mask ventilation

Doctors (n = 1 per hospital, total n = 5)

Labour and Delivery included

Care for patient and document

All selected indicators

b) Focus Group Discussion

Nurses/midwives from each ward (n = 1 FGD per hospital, total n = 5)

Labour and Delivery included

Care for patient and document

All selected indicators

EN-BIRTH data collectors:

a) In-depth interviews and

c) care-documentation checklist

Data Trackers (n = 3–4 per hospital, total n = 19)

Registered patient at start of study

Observed care process and some content of documentation

Not applicable

Clinical observers (n = 4–8 per hospital, total n = 24)

All wards

Observed care process but not content of documentation

All selected indicators

Data Verifier/Extractor (n = 1–4 per hospital, total n = 13)

All wards

Extracted data from registers and patient notes for EN-BIRTH study

All selected indicators

Supervisors (n = 1–2 per hospital, total n = 9)

All wards

Observed process and extracted data from registers and patient notes

All selected indicators

  1. Further details of respondents from all wards in Additional file 2