Improving prenatal care during lockdown: Comparing telehealth and in-person care for low-risk pregnant women in the PROTECT pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to compare telehealth and in-person care during the COVID-19 lockdown in a population of low-risk pregnant women for prenatal care received and perinatal outcome.

Methods

This single-center study began during the first French lockdown in 2020. Women with at least one telehealth (remote) prenatal care visit were compared with those who received care only in person. Data include results from self-administered surveys and perinatal outcomes. The main outcome was the prenatal care experience, assessed by the 5-point Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire (QPCQ) score. Exploratory analyses sought to identify connections between perinatal outcomes and any of their levels of QPCQ score, health/eHealth literacy, stress, and social deprivation scores .

Results

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SUBMITTER: Avercenc L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9364754 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature