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Protocol - Adequacy of Prenatal Care

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Description

Dates of prenatal care visits are abstracted from medical record or birth certificate data.

Specific Instructions

The abstractor should determine the gestational age at the time of the first visit. Estimated due date, used to determine gestational age, can be calculated with online calculators (example at http://perinatology.com/calculators/Due-Date.htm)

Abstraction of two crucial dates obtained from birth certificate or medical chart data: initial prenatal care visit (initiation), and the total number of prenatal visits from when prenatal care began until date of delivery (received services).

Availability

Available

Protocol
  1. Month of initiation of care:

[ ] 7-9 or no care

[ ] 5-6

[ ] 3-4

[ ] 1-2

  1. % of recommended visits received

[ ] 0-49 - inadequate

[ ] 50-79 - intermediate

[ ] 80-109 - adequate

[ ] 110+ - adequate plus

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Medical record abstraction

Lifestage

Adolescent, Adult, Pregnancy

Participants

Pregnant women

Selection Rationale

Prenatal care is important to the health of both mothers and babies. The earlier a mother/baby receives prenatal care the better. Inadequate prenatal care is related to low birth weight and other negative outcomes.

Compared to other utilization of care indexes, the Kotelchuck Index is preferable because it includes a category for women who receive more than the recommended amount of care (adequate plus, or intensive utilization).

Language

English, Spanish

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Human Phenotype Ontology Prenatal maternal abonrmality HP:0002686 HPO
Human Phenotype Ontology Abnormality of prenatal development or birth HP:0001197 HPO
caDSR Form PhenX PX240101 - Adequacy Of Prenatal Care 6930178 caDSR Form
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

Kotelchuck Index (Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization (APNCU))

Source

Kotelchuck, M. (1994). The Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index: Its US distribution and association with low birthweight. American Journal of Public Health, 84(9), 1486-1489.

Certification for the Spanish translation can be found here.

General References

Alexander, G. R., & Cornely, D. A. (1987). Prenatal care utilization: Its measurement and relationship to pregnancy outcome. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 3(5), 243-253.

The two indices and others are compared in:

Alexander, G. R., & Kotelchuck, M. (1996). Quantifying the adequacy of prenatal care: A comparison of indices. Public Health Reports, 111(5), 408-418; discussion 419.

Kotelchuck, M. (1994). An evaluation of the Kessner Adequacy of Prenatal Care Index and a proposed Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index. American Journal of Public Health, 84(9), 1414-1420.

Protocol ID

240101

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX240101_Adequacy_Prenatal_Care_Initiation
PX240101010000 Month of initiation of care N/A
PX240101_Adequacy_Prenatal_Care_Percentage
PX240101020000 Percent of recommended visits received N/A
Pregnancy
Measure Name

Adequacy of Prenatal Care

Release Date

January 31, 2017

Definition

Adequacy of prenatal care assessed by the month of the initial visit in the pregnancy and total number of prenatal visits.

Purpose

To determine the adequacy of prenatal care with the month at which the initial prenatal care visit occurred in a pregnancy and the total prenatal care visits through delivery with that number being calculated as a percentage of recommended visits.

Keywords

pregnancy, prenatal care, doctor visits, Kotelchuck Index, Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization, APNCU

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
240101 Adequacy of Prenatal Care
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