Hema Magge, Manzi Anatole, Felix Rwabukwisi Cyamatare1, Catherine Mezzacappa2, Fulgence Nkikabahizi3, Saleh Niyonzima3, Peter C Drobac4, Fidele Ngabo3, Lisa R Hirschhorn5. 1. Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 2. Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 3. Rwanda Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda. 4. Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 5. Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is the leading clinical protocol designed to decrease under-five mortality globally. However, impact is threatened by gaps in IMCI quality of care (QOC). In 2010, Partners In Health and the Rwanda Ministry of Health implemented a nurse mentorship intervention Mentoring and Enhanced Supervision at Health Centres (MESH) in two rural districts. This study measures change in QOC following the addition of MESH to didactic training. DESIGN: Prepost intervention study of change in QOC after 12 months of MESH support measured by case observation using a standardised checklist. Study sample was children age 2 months to 5 years presenting on the days of data collection (292 baseline, 413 endpoint). SETTING: 21 rural health centres in Rwanda. OUTCOMES: Primary outcome was a validated index of key IMCI assessments. Secondary outcomes included assessment, classification and treatment indicators, and QOC variability across providers. A mixed-effects regression model of the index was created. RESULTS: In multivariate analyses, the index significantly improved in southern Kayonza (β-coefficient 0.17, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.22) and Kirehe (β-coefficient 0.29, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.34) districts. Children seen by IMCI-trained nurses increased from 83.2% to 100% (p<0.001) and use of IMCI case recording forms improved from 65.9% to 97.1% (p<0.001). Correct classification improved (56.0% to 91.5%, p<0.001), as did correct treatment (78.3% to 98.2%, p<0.001). Variability in QOC decreased (intracluster correlation coefficient 0.613-0.346). CONCLUSIONS: MESH was associated with significant improvements in all domains of IMCI quality. MESH could be an innovative strategy to improve IMCI implementation in resource-limited settings working to decrease under-five mortality. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
OBJECTIVE: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is the leading clinical protocol designed to decrease under-five mortality globally. However, impact is threatened by gaps in IMCI quality of care (QOC). In 2010, Partners In Health and the Rwanda Ministry of Health implemented a nurse mentorship intervention Mentoring and Enhanced Supervision at Health Centres (MESH) in two rural districts. This study measures change in QOC following the addition of MESH to didactic training. DESIGN: Prepost intervention study of change in QOC after 12 months of MESH support measured by case observation using a standardised checklist. Study sample was children age 2 months to 5 years presenting on the days of data collection (292 baseline, 413 endpoint). SETTING: 21 rural health centres in Rwanda. OUTCOMES: Primary outcome was a validated index of key IMCI assessments. Secondary outcomes included assessment, classification and treatment indicators, and QOC variability across providers. A mixed-effects regression model of the index was created. RESULTS: In multivariate analyses, the index significantly improved in southern Kayonza (β-coefficient 0.17, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.22) and Kirehe (β-coefficient 0.29, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.34) districts. Children seen by IMCI-trained nurses increased from 83.2% to 100% (p<0.001) and use of IMCI case recording forms improved from 65.9% to 97.1% (p<0.001). Correct classification improved (56.0% to 91.5%, p<0.001), as did correct treatment (78.3% to 98.2%, p<0.001). Variability in QOC decreased (intracluster correlation coefficient 0.613-0.346). CONCLUSIONS: MESH was associated with significant improvements in all domains of IMCI quality. MESH could be an innovative strategy to improve IMCI implementation in resource-limited settings working to decrease under-five mortality. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
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