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The WHO Antenatal Care Randomised Controlled Trial: rationale and study design by J. Villar; L. Bakketeig; A. Donner; Y. Al-Mazrou; H. Ba’aqeel; J.M. Belizán; G. Carroli; U. Farnot; P. Lumbiganon; G. Piaggio; H. Berendes is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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The World Health Organisation and collaborating institutions in developing countries are conducting a multicentre randomised controlled trial to evaluate a new antenatal care (ANC) programme, consisting of tests, clinical procedures and follow‐up actions scientifically demonstrated to be effective in improving maternal and newborn outcomes. These activities are distributed, for practical reasons, over four visits during the course of pregnancy and are aimed at achieving predetermined goals. The study is taking place in four countries, Argentina, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. Recruitment of study subjects started on 1 May 1996. All 53 ANC clinical units had been enrolled by December 1996. Clinics in each country were randomly allocated (cluster randomisation) to provide either the new programme or the traditional programme currently in use. Approximately 24 000 women presenting for ANC at these clinics over an average period of 18 months will have been recruited. As women attending the control clinics receive the ‘best standard treatment’ as currently offered in these clinics, individual informed consent is requested only from women attending the intervention clinics. Authorities
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- Author
- J. Villar; L. Bakketeig; A. Donner; Y. Al-Mazrou; H. Ba’aqeel; J.M. Belizán; G. Carroli; U. Farnot; P. Lumbiganon; G. Piaggio; H. Berendes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0269-5022)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)