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Table 4 Secondary outcomes, source of data, measurement sequence, and definitions

From: eRegQual—an electronic health registry with interactive checklists and clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

Secondary outcomes

Source of data

Measurement sequence

Definitions

Timely ANC visits

Case records data from the PHC in the eRegistry

Registrations continuously at point of care, data export to the trial monthly

Proportion of women attending ANC who receive timely ANC visits according to guidelines at:

1. booking visit

2. 16 weeks gestation

3. 18–22 weeks gestation

4. 24–28 weeks gestation

5. 32 weeks gestation

6. 36 weeks gestation

Timely and appropriate screening and management of malpresentation ≥ 36 weeks

Case records data from the PHC in the eRegistry

Registrations continuously at point of care, data export to the trial monthly

Proportion of women attending ANC who receive:

1. screening for fetal presentation at any visit ≥ 36 weeks, and

2. referred to hospital for non-cephalic presentation

Stillbirth

Stillbirth data from the hospitals (public, private, and NGO hospitals) in the eRegistry

Registrations continuously at point of care, data export to the trial monthly

Baby born with no signs of life at or after 28 weeks of gestation

  1. ANC antenatal care, eRegistry electronic registry, NGO nongovernmental organization, PHC primary healthcare clinics