Table 1 Data quality monitoring indicators used by the Global Networks’ Maternal Newborn Health Registry
Indicators | Acceptable value |
|---|---|
Enrollment metrics | |
Proportion of enrolled subjects with a consent rate obtained | >95% |
Month-to-month enrollment variability factor during the past 6 months (month with highest number enrolled divided by month with lowest number enrolled) | <2.0 |
Pregnancy outcome metrics | |
Proportion of expected delivery outcomes obtained | >95% |
Proportion of deliveries with a 6-week neonatal outcome obtained. | >95% |
Range of gender ratios | .80-1.30 |
Month-to-month birth variability factor in the past 6 months (month with highest number of births divided by month with lowest number of births) | <2.0 |
Ratio of expected deliveries to average monthly deliveries in the next 6 months | >70% |
Minimum number of deliveries per month per cluster | 25 |
Mortality outcome metrics | |
Ratio of stillbirths to early neonatal deaths | .50-2.0 |
Ratio of early neonatal deaths to 6-week neonatal deaths | .60-.90 |
Gestational age and actual or estimated birth weight accurately recorded for miscarriages. | <20 wks <500 g |
Key variable metrics | |
Proportion of deliveries with a measured birth weight: | Â |
Live births | >95% |
Neonatal deaths | >90% |
Stillbirths | >75% |
Proportion that have any birth weight recorded: | Â |
Live births | >99% |
Neonatal deaths | >95% |
Stillbirths | >95% |
Proportion of enrolled subjects with maternal height, weight and timing recorded | >95% |
Proportion of deliveries with delivery attendant, delivery location, delivery mode, bag and mask use, and gestational age recorded | >99% |
Proportion of deliveries with birth weight collected within 7 days of birth | >95% |
Process metrics | |
Time between birth and measured (or estimated) birth weight recorded. | <7 days |
Time between enrollment and data entry should be less than 6 weeks. | >90% |
Time between enrollment date and estimated delivery date should be greater than 4 weeks. | >70% |
Time between collection of delivery information and data entry should be less than 6 weeks. | >90% |
Time between delivery and completion of delivery form should be less than 4 weeks. | >90% |
Time between completion of delivery form and data entry should be less than 6 weeks. | >90% |
Time between delivery and completion of follow-up form should be between 5 and 9 weeks. | >80% |
Time between completion of follow-up form and data entry should be less than 6 weeks. | >90% |
Proportion of critical edits addressed. | >80% |