Postpartum Primary Care Engagement Using Default Scheduling and Tailored Messaging: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

More than 30% of pregnant people have at least 1 chronic medical condition, and nearly 20% develop gestational diabetes or pregnancy-related hypertension, increasing the risk of future chronic disease. While these individuals are often monitored closely during pregnancy, they face major barriers when transitioning to primary care following delivery, due in part to a lack of health care support for this transition.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of an intervention designed to improve postpartum primary care engagement by reducing patient administrative burden and information gaps.

Design, setting, and participants

An individual-level randomized clinical trial was conducted from November 3, 2022, to October 11, 2023, at 1 hospital-based and 5 community-base

SUBMITTER: Clapp MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11252898 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature