Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Metin Gulmezoglu
ORCID ID
Contact details
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
Geneva
CH-1211
Switzerland
gulmezoglum@who.int
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
WHO/HRP ID 98916
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To investigate whether an active reproductive health library (RHL) dissemination strategy using interactive workshops improves obstetric practices.
Ethics approval
The study was approved by the Scientific and Ethical Review Group of the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme on Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) and the participating institutions. The World Health Organization (WHO) Ethics Review Committee approved of this trial in 2000.
Study design
Cluster randomised controlled trial with a stratified random allocation scheme
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Changing obstetric practice
Intervention
Intervention group: active dissemination of an evidence-based information resource through interactive workshops.
Control group: no intervention (i.e. standard form of postgraduate continuing education).
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Changes in predefined obstetric practices at 10 to 12 months.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Knowledge of reproductive health library
2. Use of reproductive health library
Overall trial start date
01/01/2000
Overall trial end date
01/01/2002
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Maternity units of hospitals with greater than 1000 deliveries per year
2. Consent from the administrative authority for that hospital to participate
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
22 hospitals in Mexico and 18 in Thailand
Participant exclusion criteria
Not associated directly with a university or other academic/research department.
Recruitment start date
01/01/2000
Recruitment end date
01/01/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Mexico, Thailand
Trial participating centre
World Health Organization
Geneva
CH-1211
Switzerland
Sponsor information
Organisation
UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank - Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)
Sponsor details
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
Geneva
CH-1211
Switzerland
Sponsor type
Research organisation
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)/World Health Organization (WHO)/World Bank - Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. Protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14723792
2. Results in:
2.1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18038057
2.2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17010115
Publication citations
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Protocol
Gülmezoglu AM, Villar J, Grimshaw J, Piaggio G, Lumbiganon P, Langer A, Cluster randomized trial of an active, multifaceted information dissemination intervention based on The WHO Reproductive health library to change obstetric practices: methods and design issues [ISRCTN14055385]., BMC Med Res Methodol, 2004, 4, 2, doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-2.
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Lumbiganon P, Gülmezoglu AM, Piaggio G, Langer A, Grimshaw J, Magnesium sulfate is not used for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Mexico and Thailand as much as it should be., Bull. World Health Organ., 2007, 85, 10, 763-767.
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Gülmezoglu AM, Langer A, Piaggio G, Lumbiganon P, Villar J, Grimshaw J, Cluster randomised trial of an active, multifaceted educational intervention based on the WHO Reproductive Health Library to improve obstetric practices., BJOG, 2007, 114, 1, 16-23, doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01091.x.