"Opinion of Doctors,Nurses and Key Informants About Independent Nurse Midwifery Practitioner in Northern India

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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"A Study to assess the Opinion of Doctors, Nurses and Key informants regarding Independent Nurse Midwifery Practitioner at selected Hospitals and Colleges of nursing in Haryana."

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Detailed Description

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Abstact Introduction: Despite improvement in coverage of institutional deliveries and skilled birth attendants, India has missed its Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality rate. In order to increase access to primary care services, the Independent Nurse Practitioner (INP) is one of the best solutions.

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the opinion of doctors, nurses and key informants regarding Independent Nurse Midwifery Practitioner (INMP) and to determine the association of opinion score of doctors, nurses and key informants with their selected demographic variables.

Material and Methods: A Quantitative Non Experimental Research Approach and Descriptive Survey Design was adopted. A total of 400 subjects (120 doctors, 120 nurses and 160 key informants) were selected using purposive sampling technique from selected hospitals and nursing colleges of Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar districts of Haryana. The tool used for the study consisted of structured performa regarding sample characteristics and likert scale. Research tool was submitted to 11 experts from various departments for validity. Reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha and it was 0.75 for likert scale. Data Collection was done from December 2016 to February 2017. The obtained data was analyzed and interpreted in terms of objectives and research hypothesis. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.

Conditions

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Opinion

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Doctor

It refers to the doctors with minimum qualification as M.B.B.S and B.A.M.S; working on various posts in the clinical areas of all the departments of selected hospitals.

No interventions assigned to this group

Nurses

It refers to the Registered Nurses working on various posts in the clinical areas of all the departments of selected hospitals and Principals, Vice Principals of selected colleges.

No interventions assigned to this group

Key informants

It refers to the general public including patients admitted and attending O.P.D and their attendants with minimum qualification as graduation.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Doctors, nurses and key informants who were

* available at the time of data collection in study setting.
* willing to participate in the study.
* able to read and write Hindi or English.