Reduced-visit antenatal care model combined with telemedicine for low-risk pregnant women: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Antenatal care (ANC) is a critical measure to reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. However, there are issues of too many visits and cumbersome procedures of ANC in many maternity hospitals of China. In the past 2 years, reduced-visit ANC models combined with remote monitoring have been recommended and implemented at most hospitals in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, due to limited evaluations of the cost-effectiveness, policy-makers remain confused on how to appropriately integrate online delivery strategies with routine models to improve ANC quality and efficiency sustainably at scale. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability and cost of a reduced-visit ANC model combined with telemedicine.

Methods and analysis

SUBMITTER: Shi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364145 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature