Attitudes towards the implementation of universal umbilical artery lactate analysis in a South African district hospital

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Research Article

Robert C. Pattinson¹  Jan E. Dickinson²  Emma R. Allanson³  Kate Grobicki⁴ 

[1] SAMRC Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;School of Women’s and Infants’ Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;School of Women’s and Infants’ Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;SAMRC Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;Zithulele Hospital, Eastern Cape, South Africa;

关键词: Umbilical artery lactate;    Implementation;    Attitudes;    Training;    South Africa;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-016-0968-y

 received in 2015-07-25, accepted in 2016-05-24,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOf the 5.54 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occurring globally each year, a significant amount of these occur in the setting of inadequate intrapartum care. The introduction of universal umbilical artery lactate (UA) measurements in this setting may improve outcomes by providing an objective measurement of quality of care and stimulating case reflection, audit, and practice change. It is important that consideration is given to the barriers and facilitators to implementing this tool outside of a research setting.MethodsDuring the period 16/11/2014 -13/01/2015, we conducted a training course in cardiotocograph (CTG) interpretation, fetal physiology, and the sampling and analysing of UA lactate, with a pre and post questionnaire aimed at assessing the barriers and facilitators to the introduction of universal UA lactate in a district hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.ResultsThirty-five pre-training questionnaires available (overall response rate 95 %) and 22 post training questionnaires (response rate 63 %) were available for analysis. Prior to training, the majority gave positive responses (strongly agree or agree) that measuring UA lactate assists neonatal care, is protective for staff medicolegally, and improves opportunities for audit and teaching of maternity practice (n = 33, 30, 32; 94.4 %, 85.7 %, 91.4 % respectively). Respondents remained positive about the benefits post training. An increased workload on medical or midwifery staff was less likely to be seen as barrier following training (71 vs. 38.9 % positive response, p = 0.038). A higher rate of respondents felt that expense and lack of equipment were likely to be barriers after completing training, although this wasn’t significant. There was a trend towards lack of time and expertise being less likely to be seen as barriers post training.ConclusionThe majority of participants providing intrapartum care in this setting are positive about the role of universal UA lactate analysis and the potential benefits it provides. Training aids in overcoming some of the perceived barriers to implementation of universal UA lactate analysis.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016