Data completeness and consistency in individual medical records of institutional births: retrospective crossectional study from Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring the data quality of Individual Medical Records becomes a crucial strategy in mitigating maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality during and around childbirth. However, previous research in Ethiopia primarily focused on studying data quality of institutional birth at the facility level, overlooking the data quality within Individual Medical Records. This study examined the data completeness and consistency within Individual Medical Records of the institutional birth service and associated factors.

Methods

An institution-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in two districts of Northwest Ethiopia. Data were obtained by reviewing three sets of Individual Medical Records of 651 women: the delivery register, Integrated Individual Folder,

SUBMITTER: Taye BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature