Peripartum care of persons with obesity: a scoping review of recommendations and practical tools for implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite the growing prevalence of obesity among reproductive aged persons in the USA, evidence-based guidelines for peripartum care are lacking. The objective of this scoping review is to identify obesity-related recommendations for peripartum care, evaluate grades of evidence for each recommendation, and identify practical tools (eg, checklists, toolkits, care pathways and bundles) to support their implementation in clinical practice.

Data sources

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception to December 2020 for eligible studies addressing peripartum care in persons with obesity.

Study eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria were published evidence-rated recommendations and pra

SUBMITTER: Kominiarek MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486274 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature