Nurse-Moderated Internet-Based Support for New Mothers: Non-Inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internet-based interventions moderated by community nurses have the potential to improve support offered to new mothers, many of whom now make extensive use of the Internet to obtain information about infant care. However, evidence from population-based randomized controlled trials is lacking.

Objective

The aim of this study was to test the non-inferiority of outcomes for mothers and infants who received a clinic-based postnatal health check plus nurse-moderated, Internet-based group support when infants were aged 1-7 months as compared with outcomes for those who received standard care consisting of postnatal home-based support provided by a community nurse.

Methods

The design of the study was a pragmatic, preference, non-inferiority randomized control tri

SUBMITTER: Sawyer MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547246 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature