How midwives implemented teleconsultations during the COVID-19 health crisis: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our primary and secondary objectives were to measure and understand the determinants of independent midwives' implementation of teleconsultations and their intention to continue these in the future.

Design

A two-phase mixed-methods approach: (1) quantitative data to measure factors determining the initiation and continuation of teleconsultation, collected by an online survey from 29 April to 15 May 2020, at the end of the first COVID-19 lockdown, followed by (2) qualitative data to understand these determinants, by interviewing some participants in May-July 2020 to explore the quantitative findings in more detail.

Setting

Mainland France PARTICIPANTS: The target population comprised independent midwives currently practising in France.

Primary and seconda

SUBMITTER: Rousseau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature