Implementation of the Moyo fetal heart rate monitor in district hospitals in Bihar, India: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Globally, half of all stillbirths occur during birth. Detection of fetal distress with fetal heart rate monitoring (FHRM), followed by appropriate and timely management, might reduce fresh stillbirths and neonatal morbidity. This study aimed to investigate the barriers and facilitators for the implementation of Moyo FHRM use in Bihar state, and secondarily, the feasibility of collecting reliable obstetrical and neonatal outcome data to assess the effect of implementation.

Setting

CARE Bihar and the hospital management at four district hospitals (DHs) in Bihar state, each with 6500 to 15 000 deliveries a year, agreed to testing the implementation of Moyo FHRM through a process of meetings, training sessions and collecting data. At each hospital, a clinical training

SUBMITTER: Oommen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871681 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature