Dataset for Assessing Doppler Ultrasound in Obstetric Care Using the WHO Quality-of-Care Framework: Availability, Utilization, and Provider Knowledge in the Urban Central Region of Ghana
Description
This dataset includes anonymised survey responses on Doppler ultrasound utilisation, equipment availability, and practitioner knowledge among healthcare professionals in Ghana’s Central Region.
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The dataset was generated through a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted between June 15 and July 8, 2024, in selected primary and secondary healthcare facilities in Ghana’s Central Region. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire developed based on validated instruments from the literature (Heaman et al., 2014; Nicholls et al., 2017) and adapted to the WHO Quality-of-Care framework for maternal and newborn health. The questionnaire captured four domains: (1) demographic and professional characteristics, (2) facility type and service delivery level, (3) Doppler ultrasound availability and utilisation, and (4) knowledge and training on Doppler ultrasound use. Participants (n = 92) were purposively selected from an initial pool of 120 eligible obstetric care providers identified through facility staff registers. After informed consent, responses were collected in paper format and entered into Microsoft Excel 2019, cleaned for completeness, and analysed in IBM SPSS version 26 using descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, and cross-tabulations). To reproduce the dataset, researchers may replicate the same sampling process, administer the questionnaire to comparable groups of healthcare providers in similar facility types, and follow the same data-entry and analysis workflow.
Institutions
- University of Cape Coast
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University