NCT04226807

Impact of Earlier Postpartum Contact on Postpartum Visit Compliance and Maternal Wellbeing

Re-imagining the Postpartum Process: The Impact of Earlier Postpartum Contact on Attendance at Postpartum Visits and Maternal Wellbeing

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recommended a paradigm shift in how postpartum care is instituted. They recommend that in addition to the normal 4-12 week postpartum visit, women receive contact with a provider within the first 3 weeks after giving birth. This RCT will randomize patients to routine care- 6-12 week postpartum visit alone- or enhanced care- routine care plus a phone call within the first 3 weeks postpartum. The patients will then be asked to complete a follow up survey at 6 months postpartum. The primary outcome measure would be rates of compliance with the 6-12 week postpartum visit. Secondary outcome measures will include breastfeeding rates, rates of postpartum depression, hospital readmission rates and met desire for contraception.

Conditions

• Postpartum Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Early Postpartum Phone Call	Participants receive a phone call 2-3 weeks after birth asking about overall wellbeing, screening for complications and postpartum depression and referring to lactation or WIC as needed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-31
• Primary completion: 2022-01-31
• Completion: 2022-01-31
• First posted: 2020-01-13
• Last updated: 2022-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States