Accuracy of Home-Based Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Obstetric Risk Factors by Primary-Level Health Care Workers in Rural Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility of ultrasonographic task shifting by estimating the accuracy at which primary-level health care workers can perform community-based third-trimester ultrasound diagnosis for selected obstetric risk factors in rural Nepal.

Methods

Three auxiliary nurse-midwives received two 1-week ultrasound trainings at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. At a study site in rural Nepal, pregnant women who were 32 weeks of gestation or greater were enrolled and received ultrasound examinations from the auxiliary nurse-midwives during home visits. Each auxiliary nurse-midwife screened for noncephalic presentation, multiple gestation, and placenta previa. Deidentified digital ultrasonograms were stored and uploaded onto an online server, where

SUBMITTER: Kozuki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5028110 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature