The content and completeness of women-held maternity documents before admission for labour: A mixed methods study in Banjul, The Gambia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women-held maternity documents are well established for enabling continuity of maternity care worldwide, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommending their use in effective decision-making. We aimed to assess the presence, content and completeness of women-held maternity documents at admission to hospitals in The Gambia, and investigate barriers and facilitators to their completion.

Methods

We interviewed 250 women on maternity wards of all 3 Banjul hospitals and conducted content analysis of documentation brought by women on admission for their completeness against WHO referrals criteria. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds of the minimum criteria being met. Two focus groups and 21 semi-structured interviews (8 doctors, 8 midwives a

SUBMITTER: Gustafsson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059937 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature