Ethics declarations
Ethics approval
Ethical review and approval were obtained from the UoN/KNH Ethical
Review Committees: number P749/10/2018, valid from 6thDecember 2018 to 5th December 2019.
Consent to participate
Participants provided informed consent before recruitment. Printed
consent forms in English and Kiswahili were provided to parturients to
read. Participants who could not read were read for verbatim by the
research assistant in the presence of a next of kin before signing.
Thumbprints were acceptable for illiterate participants. Parturients
were free to withdraw from the study at any given point without
prejudice. Moreover, the confidentiality of our participants was upheld
during and after this study by de-identifying questionnaires. Signed
consent forms and questionnaires were filed and stored in a lockable
cabinet and databases password protected.
Consent for publication
Consent for publication was attained from study participants and
collaborators. Competing interests
The authors have declared no non-financial or financial conflict of
interest.
Acknowledgements
Sincere appreciation to Dr. Osoti Alfred, Professor Omondi Ogutu, Dr.
Anne Pulei and Dr. Michoma Peter for their tireless efforts in
supervision and guidance. Appreciation to Kenyatta National Hospital
labor ward.