Examining the Feasibility of Smart Blood Pressure Home Monitoring: Advancing Remote Prenatal Care in Rural Appalachia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a leading cause of U.S. maternal morbidity and mortality. Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring can provide early detection of hypertension (HTN) outside of routine prenatal visits. Yet little is understood about how well self-monitored BP performs during pregnancy, particularly in rural America.

Objective

To examine the feasibility and patient adherence to a self-monitoring BP program and to remotely collect data on pregnant women during the third trimester at a rural health clinic.

Materials and methods

A repeated-measures prospective design was used to remotely monitor home BP readings. We examined retention and persistence of weekly BP monitoring in late-stage pregnancy, differences between weekly self-monitored and

SUBMITTER: Runkle JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9049804 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature