NCT02914301

Mobile App for Prenatal Care to Reduce Visits and Improve Satisfaction Study

Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Prenatal Care to Safely Reduce In-Person Visits and Improve Patient Satisfaction: Study Protocol for a Multicenter Prospective Quasi-Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Andrew Meltzer · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Prenatal care is defined as preventive healthcare characterized by regular check-ups by doctors or midwives to treat and prevent potential health problems throughout the course of the pregnancy. The investigators propose that a mobile app for prenatal care has the potential to provide patient-tailored, risk-appropriate prenatal educational content and may facilitate vital sign and weight checks between visits. The investigators describe the methods used to develop and test the effectiveness of a mobile app for prenatal care to safely reduce the number of in-person visits to the obstetrician (OB) compared to standard of care.

Detailed description

This is a protocol for a multi-center quasi-randomized controlled trial to compare an intervention group receiving a prenatal care app, to a control group receiving usual care. The trial is being conducted at two diverse outpatient obstetric practices that are part of a single academic department of obstetrics in Washington, DC. Women who are between 18 and 40, who are visiting their OB for a first trimester routine visit, who have a confirmed desired pregnancy, who are not considered "high-risk," and who have an IOS, Android or Windows-based smart phone that they use regularly will be eligible for enrollment. The Investigators will measure the effect of a mobile app for prenatal care on: 1. the number of in-person OB visits during pregnancy; 2. patient satisfaction with prenatal care; 3. gestational weight gain; 4. maternal and fetal outcomes; and 5. clinician satisfaction. To capture these outcomes, the investigators will administer patient surveys via telephone every 4 weeks during gestation and the immediate post-partum period, review the electronic medical record, and conduct in-depth interviews with a representative subset of patients after delivery.

Conditions

• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Babyscripts Prenatal App	The use of a mobile digital app to facilitate certain aspects of standard prenatal care.
DEVICE	Placebo	No Mobile App, Usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-05-01
• First posted: 2016-09-26
• Last updated: 2022-12-16
• Results posted: 2022-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States