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OBJECTIVES: There is a lack of studying vital registration and disease classification systems in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to assess health care professionals' (HCPs') level of awareness, knowledge, use, and perceived barriers of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th version (ICD-10) as well as their perceptions of the electronic neonatal death registration system. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A mixed method approach including descriptive cross-sectional quantitative and focus groups with HCPs (physicians, nurses, and midwives) was used to collect data from four major selected hospitals in Jordan. A total of 16 focus groups were conducted. Also, a survey, which included three case studies about the ability of nurses and physicians to identify cause of death, was completed using structured face-to-face interviews. RESULTS: Overall, there was congruency between both the quantitative results and the qualitative findings. The majority of nurses and physicians in the four hospitals were not familiar with the ICD-10 coding system and hence reported minimal use of the coding system. Additionally, the majority of HCPs were not aware whether or not their departments used the ICD-10 to record perinatal mortality. These HCPs identified that lack of knowledge, time, staff and support, and an effective and comprehensive electronic system that allows physicians to accurately choose the exact cause of death were their main barriers to the use of the ICD-10 coding system. CONCLUSION: Our findings emphasize the importance of developing an effective and comprehensive electronic system which allows HCPs to accurately report and register all perinatal deaths. This system needs to account for the direct and indirect causes of death and for contributing factors such as maternal conditions at the time of perinatal death. Training HCPs on how to use the system is vital for the success and accuracy of the data registration process.
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Objetivo: Conocer los percentiles 5, 10, 50, 90 y 95 del peso al nacer en neonatos que provienen de madres con gestación única, sin patología, a 3 400 m de altura. Diseño: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Institución: Hospital Nacional Adolfo Guevara Velazco de EsSalud, Cusco, Perú. Participantes: Neonatos. Intervenciones: Entre los años 1999 y 2006, se evaluó en el Sistema de Vigilancia Perinatal el peso al nacer de 8 500 neonatos provenientes de gestaciones únicas normales. Principales medidas de resultados: Peso al nacer. Resultados: Solamente los neonatos entre la semana 36 y 42 mostraron un número adecuado para la evaluación estadística y se obtuvo los percentiles 5,10, 50, 90 y 95 del peso al nacer. Conclusiones: El peso de los recién nacidos varones es mayor al de las mujeres y aumenta conforme se incrementa la edad gestacional.
Objectives: To determine the 5th, 10th,50th, 90th and 95th birth weight percentiles of newborns from normal singleton pregnant women without pathology at 3 400 m above sea level (Cusco). Design: Descriptive and retrospective study. Setting: Adolfo Guevara Velazco National Hospital, EsSalud, Cusco, Peru. Participants: Newborns. Interventions: Birth weight analysis of 8 500 normal neonates recorded between 1998 and 2006 in the Perinatal Information System database. Results: Only the 36 through 42 weeks neonates showed appropriate number of cases to be analyzed. We obtained the 5th, 10th, 50th, 90th, and 95th percentiles of newborns birth weights. Conclusions: Male newborns birth weights were higher than female neonates and increased through gestation.
