Qualitative evaluation of rapid implementation of remote blood pressure self-monitoring in pregnancy during Covid-19.

ABSTRACT: In March 2020, the World Health Organisation named the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Sars-CoV-2), which causes corona virus disease 2019 (COVID -19), as a pandemic. Pregnant women were considered at increased risk of developing severe COVID-19 after viral infection. In response maternity services reduced face-to-face consultations with high-risk pregnant women by supplying blood pressure monitors for supported self-monitoring. This paper explores the experiences of patients and clinicians of the rapid roll-out of supported self-monitoring programme in Scotland during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with high-risk women and healthcare professionals who were using supported self-monitoring of blood press

SUBMITTER: Paterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980805 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature