Gestational weight gain and group prenatal care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Group visits for chronic medical conditions in non-pregnant populations have demonstrated successful outcomes including greater weight loss compared to individual visits for weight management. It is plausible that group prenatal care can similarly assist women in meeting gestational weight gain goals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of group vs. traditional prenatal care on gestational weight gain.

Methods

A keyword search of Medline, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, clinicaltrials.gov, and Google Scholar was performed up to April 2017. Studies were included if they compared gestational weight gain in a group prenatal care setti

SUBMITTER: Kominiarek MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6327616 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature