Characteristics of online medical care consultation for pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study described the needs of pregnant women and the contents of online obstetric consultation in representative areas with various severity of the epidemic in China.

Design

This was a cross- sectional study.

Setting

Yue Yi Tong (YYT), a free online communication platform that allows pregnant women to consult professional obstetricians.

Participants

All the pregnant women who used the YYT platform.

Intervention

From 10 to 23 February, we collected data on online obstetric consultations and participants' satisfaction through the YYT platform in the mild, moderate and severe epidemic areas which were defined according to the local confirmed cases. The primary outcomes were the reasons for online consultations by the severity of the epidemic.

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7674021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature