Lost to follow-up among pregnant women in a multi-site community based maternal and newborn health registry: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is important when conducting epidemiologic studies to closely monitor lost to follow up (LTFU) rates. A high LTFU rate may lead to incomplete study results which in turn can introduce bias to the trial or study, threatening the validity of the findings. There is scarce information on LTFU in prospective community-based perinatal epidemiological studies. This paper reports the rates of LTFU, describes socio-demographic characteristics, and pregnancy/delivery outcomes of mothers LTFU in a large community-based pregnancy registry study.

Methods

Data were from a prospective, population-based observational study of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR). This is a multi-centre, international study in whi

SUBMITTER: Marete I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4464022 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature