Non-communicable disease and pregnancy outcomes
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The use of routinely collected maternity data at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to assess quality of care and pregnancy outcomes for non-communicable disease in pregnancy.
IRAS ID
266404
Contact name
Edward Mullins
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 28 days
Research summary
The use of routinely collected maternity data at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to assess quality of care and pregnancy outcomes for non-communicable disease (e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes) in pregnancy.
This study will use routinely collected patient information (e.g. age, height, weight), stored on the Cerner electronic patient record, at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust to assess our local data specifically for;
1. Pregnancy outcomes
-is there an association between first trimester blood pressure and birthweight (adjusted for gestation)?
-is there an association between diabetes screening results and birthweight (adjusted for gestation)?
-what is the incidence of hypertension in pregnancy?
-what is the incidence of gestational diabetes?
2. Quality of maternity care
-have NICE guidelines have been followed in the prevention of hypertension in pregnancy?
-have NICE guidelines been followed in the screening and management of gestational diabetes?
Data from the electronic patient record will be summarised and anonymised by clinical analysts who are part of the extended direct care team.Analysis will use the SPSS statistics package and will be presented within the trust, published nationally and the anonymised dataset will be available for use by other, ethically approved research projects.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/YH/0435
Date of REC Opinion
11 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion