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Awareness of fetal movements and care package to reduce fetal mortality (AFFIRM): a stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial

The Lancet (British edition), 2018-11, Vol.392 (10158), p.1629-1638 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Awareness of fetal movements and care package to reduce fetal mortality (AFFIRM): a stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial
Author: Norman, Jane E ; Heazell, Alexander E P ; Rodriguez, Aryelly ; Weir, Christopher J ; Stock, Sarah J E ; Calderwood, Catherine J ; Cunningham Burley, Sarah ; Frøen, J Frederik ; Geary, Michael ; Breathnach, Fionnuala ; Hunter, Alyson ; McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ; Higgins, Mary F ; Murdoch, Edile ; Ross-Davie, Mary ; Scott, Janet ; Whyte, Sonia
Subjects: Adult ; Awareness ; Babies ; Births ; Clusters ; Evidence-based medicine ; Female ; Fetal Death - prevention & control ; Fetal Movement ; Fetuses ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Incidence ; Intervention ; Ireland - epidemiology ; Mortality ; Motivation ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy - psychology ; Prenatal Care - methods ; Randomization ; Risk reduction ; Stillbirth ; Stillbirth - epidemiology ; Systematic review ; United Kingdom - epidemiology ; Wedges
Is Part Of: The Lancet (British edition), 2018-11, Vol.392 (10158), p.1629-1638
Description: 2·6 million pregnancies were estimated to have ended in stillbirth in 2015. The aim of the AFFIRM study was to test the hypothesis that introduction of a reduced fetal movement (RFM), care package for pregnant women and clinicians that increased women's awareness of the need for prompt reporting of RFM and that standardised management, including timely delivery, would alter the incidence of stillbirth. This stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial was done in the UK and Ireland. Participating maternity hospitals were grouped and randomised, using a computer-generated allocation scheme, to one of nine intervention implementation dates (at 3 month intervals). This date was concealed from clusters and the trial team until 3 months before the implementation date. Each participating hospital had three observation periods: a control period from Jan 1, 2014, until randomised date of intervention initiation; a washout period from the implementation date and for 2 months; and the intervention period from the end of the washout period until Dec 31, 2016. Treatment allocation was not concealed from participating women and caregivers. Data were derived from observational maternity data. The primary outcome was incidence of stillbirth. The primary analysis was done according to the intention-to-treat principle, with births analysed according to whether they took place during the control or intervention periods, irrespective of whether the intervention had been implemented as planned. This study is registered with www.ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01777022. 37 hospitals were enrolled in the study. Four hospitals declined participation, and 33 hospitals were randomly assigned to an intervention implementation date. Between Jan 1, 2014, and Dec, 31, 2016, data were collected from 409 175 pregnancies (157 692 deliveries during the control period, 23 623 deliveries in the washout period, and 227 860 deliveries in the intervention period). The incidence of stillbirth was 4·40 per 1000 births during the control period and 4·06 per 1000 births in the intervention period (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0·90, 95% CI 0·75–1·07; p=0·23). The RFM care package did not reduce the risk of stillbirths. The benefits of a policy that promotes awareness of RFM remains unproven. Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government (CZH/4/882), Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, Sands.
Publisher: England: Elsevier Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0140-6736
EISSN: 1474-547X
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31543-5
PMID: 30269876
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Awareness of fetal movements and care package to reduce fetal mortality (AFFIRM): a stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial

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