Open AccessThe correctness and completeness of documentation of parameters on the partographs used by midwives in primary healthcare facilities in midwestern Uganda: A retrospective descriptive study
Author(s) -
Bahizi Archbald,
Munguiko Clement,
Masereka Enos Mirembe
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1383
Subject(s) - checklist , documentation , correctness , medicine , completeness (order theory) , descriptive research , retrospective cohort study , health care , nursing , family medicine , psychology , surgery , computer science , statistics , mathematics , political science , cognitive psychology , programming language , law , mathematical analysis
Aim This study was conducted to determine the correctness and completeness of documentation of partographs. Design This was a retrospective descriptive study. Methods We included 365 partographs of deliveries conducted from January 1st to October 31st 2019. Data were collected using a checklist and analysed descriptively. The study based on 13 partograph parameters. Results About 8–13 parameters were correctly documented in 71.5 % of the partographs. About 38.9%, 24.7%, 99.7%, 22.5% and 16 % of the partographs had no documentation of obstetric risk factors, foetal heart rate, colour of liquor, uterine contractions and cervical dilatation respectively. About 12.1% of the cervicographs crossed the action line and 61.4% of partographs where cervicographs crossed the action line had no documentation of action(s) taken.