Saving Babies' Lives Project Impact and Results Evaluation: a Mixed Methodology Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

4952 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-07-10

Study Completion Date

2018-07-05

Brief Summary

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The study is a multicentre evaluation of maternity care delivered through the Saving Babies' Lives care bundle using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The study will be conducted in twenty NHS Hospital Trusts from six NHS Strategic Clinical Networks totalling approximately 100,000 births. It involves participation by both service users and care providers.

To determine the impact of the care bundle on pregnancy outcomes, birth data and other clinical measures will be extracted from maternity databases and case-note audit from before and after implementation. Additionally, this study will employ questionnaires with organisational leads and review clinical guidelines to assess how resources, leadership and governance may affect implementation in diverse hospital settings. The cost of implementing the care bundle, and the cost per stillbirth avoided, will also be estimated as part of a health economic analysis. The views and experiences of service users and service providers towards maternity care in relation to the care bundle will be also be sought using questionnaires.

This study will provide practice-based evidence to advance knowledge about the processes that underpin successful implementation of the care bundle so that it can be further developed and refined. This has the potential to translate into substantial improvements in the rate of late stillbirth in the UK should the care bundle be proved effective.

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Detailed Description

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Reducing stillbirth and early neonatal death is a national priority. Best practice and key evidence indicates this is potentially achievable through application of four key interventions within routine maternity care delivered as NHS England's Saving Babies' Lives care bundle. However, adoption of the care bundle by UK maternity services is still in its infancy and there is significant variation in the degree of implementation between and within units. The effectiveness of the care bundle, when implemented as a package, in reducing stillbirth and service delivery has not yet been evaluated. This study aims to evaluate the impact of implementing the care bundle on UK maternity services and perinatal outcomes.

Conditions

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Stillbirth

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Innovators

Maternity units that implemented the Care Bundle to the highest level (according to an NHS survey in 2015) are categorised as 'Innovators'.