The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections: a longitudinal cohort study in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effects of an intervention comprising surveillance and an organisational change called Appreciative Inquiry on puerperal infections in hospitals in Gujarat state, India.

Methods

This longitudinal cohort study with a control group was conducted over 16 months between 2010 and 2012. Women who delivered in six hospitals were followed-up. After a five month pre-intervention period, the intervention was introduced in three hospitals. Monthly incidence of puerperal infection was recorded throughout the study in all six hospitals. A chi-square test and logistic regression were used to examine for associations, trends and interactions between the intervention and control groups.

Findings

Of the 8,124 women followed up, puerperal infections were repor

SUBMITTER: Hussein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907541 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature