Maternal morbidity measurement tool pilot: study protocol

Maternal morbidity measurement tool pilot: study protocol

BACKGROUND While it is estimated that for every maternal death, 20-30 women suffer morbidity, these estimates are not based on standardized methods and measures. Lack of an agreed-upon definition, identification criteria, standardized assessment tools, and indicators has limited valid, routine, and comparable measurements of maternal morbidity. The World Health Organization (WHO) convened the M...

Severe acute maternal morbidity and maternal death audit--a rapid diagnostic tool for evaluating maternal care.

OBJECTIVE To analyse severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) and maternal mortality in the Pretoria region over a 2-year period (2000-2001). SETTING Public hospitals in the Pretoria region, South Africa, serving a mainly indigent urban population. METHODS A descriptive study was performed whereby women with SAMM and maternal deaths were identified at daily audit meetings and an audit form wa...

[Validity of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire as morbidity measurement tool].

OBJECTIVES To validate the Portuguese version of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ), and to evaluate the relationship between musculoskeletal morbidity and demographic, occupational and behavior variables. METHODS Ninety government bank employees were interviewed using the Portuguese version of NMQ in Brasilia, Brazil, in 1999. The respondents' answers were compared to clinical da...

Constructing maternal morbidity - towards a standard tool to measure and monitor maternal health beyond mortality.

BACKGROUND Maternal morbidity is a complex entity and its presentation and severity are on a spectrum. This paper describes the conceptualization and development of a definition for maternal morbidity, and the framework for its measurement: the maternal morbidity matrix, which is the foundation for measuring maternal morbidity, thus, the assessment tool. DISCUSSION We define maternal morbidit...

Measuring maternal health: focus on maternal morbidity.