Formal antenatal hand-held records were perceived to be ineffective in supporting handover and clinical communication by one patient who had received shared antenatal care.
Study stickers were placed on the front of the antenatal maternity hand-held notes of all women who had consented to participate to aid in the identification of these women at future contacts with health professionals.
The antenatal questionnaire was handed out during an antenatal visit at 30 weeks of pregnancy together with an information sheet.
The antenatal questionnaire was handed out during an antenatal visit at 30 weeks of pregnancy together with a prepaid envelope and an information sheet.
Collaborative cross-checking, including the use of cognitive artefacts such as hand held antenatal records and patient-authored birth plans, and the involvement of patients and their support people in handover were behaviours described by participants to be protective mechanisms that enhanced quality and safety of care.
On the other hand, the new antenatal care model also recommends fewer routine antenatal visits with the expectation that this would give providers more time to spend communicating effectively with clients.
Hand-held antenatal medical records are common tools of communication in shared care arrangements [ 39], particularly when clinicians are located in geographically disparate settings.
A sticker identifying them as enrolled study participants was placed on their hand-held antenatal cards to make it easier to identify them at repeat antenatal visits or when they reported in labour.
On the other hand, BUTH holds antenatal clinic once in a week, average delivery rate hovers around 1,000.
Antenatal anxiety on the other hand, has been linked to physical defects in the infant, low birth weight, and poor cognitive and neurodevelopment.
For women who are depressed in the antenatal period, on the other hand, the quality of the relationship with their husband appears to be the most salient factor in predicting recovery or not after childbirth.
