Effects of the online and offline hybrid continuous group care on maternal and infant health: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The group care is a well-established maternal care model that has been widely used in many developed countries, but in China, it is confined to prenatal care services. In addition, affected by traditional birth culture, Chinese women tend to focus more on their fetuses and newborns but lack attention to their own intrapartum and postpartum care. The aim of this study was to construct and implement a prenatal, intrapartum, and the postpartum continuous group care model that combines online and offline service in Hainan Province, China, and to evaluate the effect on maternal women and newborns.

Methods

This study was a randomized controlled trial involving 144 pregnant women in a first-class tertiary general hospital in Hainan Province, China. Women were divided int

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472587 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature