Perineal Assessment and Repair Longitudinal Study (PEARLS): A matched-pair cluster randomized trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ismail, Khaled M K ^a   Kettle, Christine ^b   Macdonald, Sue E ^c   Tohill, Sue ^d   Thomas, Peter W ^e   Bick, Debra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^{b *}  (United Kingdom)

^c University Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Cluster RCT; Perineum; Quality improvement; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEAL ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERINEAL CARE; PERINEAL PAIN; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; WALKING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PAIN; PARTURITION; PERINEUM; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884362235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-209     Document Type: Article

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