Novel Visual Education Tool to Improve Recognition and Reporting of Postpartum Urgent Maternal Warning Signs
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first, Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Postpartum. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study aims to create a novel visual education tool that builds on the urgent maternal warning signs identified by The Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. Including effective images will improve the understanding of these grave warning signs/symptoms, improving anatomical accuracy while remaining simplistic for patients of varying levels of health care literacy. The investigative team will be focusing on urgent warning signs pertinent to the postpartum period.
Interventions
- Other Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first
Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) of a post delivery complication first - Other Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first
Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) of a post delivery complication first
Primary outcome measures
- Number of participants who recognize deep vein thrombosis, [Time frame: 1 Day]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Number of participants who demonstrate understanding deep vein thrombosis, [Time frame: 1 Day]
- Number of participants who would report deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: 1 Day]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Postpartum women
- Nulliparity
- Age >18 years of age
- English speaking patients
Exclusion criteria
- Inability to provide informed written consent
- Refusal to participate in all study-related procedures
- Patients not fluent in English
- Patients with current or history of serious peripartum complications and/or events - such as DVT, PE, peripartum cardiomyopathy, etc. (in which the patient may have received more than standard clinical counseling)
- Patient with comorbidities that potentially require anticoagulation i.e. coagulopathies and may be more prone to DVTs
- Patients with uncorrected visual or hearing impairment
- Healthcare providers (in which patients will have significant background knowledge)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Northwestern Medicine — Chicago
Publications
- You WB, Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Grobman WA. Improving patient understanding of preeclampsia: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 May;206(5):431.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.03.006. Epub 2012 Mar 13. PMID 22542120
- Delp C, Jones J. Communicating information to patients: the use of cartoon illustrations to improve comprehension of instructions. Acad Emerg Med. 1996 Mar;3(3):264-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03431.x. PMID 8673784
- Houts PS, Bachrach R, Witmer JT, Tringali CA, Bucher JA, Localio RA. Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions. Patient Educ Couns. 1998 Oct;35(2):83-8. doi: 10.1016/s0738-3991(98)00065-2. PMID 10026551
- Burger G. SOAP Newsletter. 1998;Winter:6-9
- Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. Urgent Maternal Warning Signs. May 2020, <https://safehealthcareforeverywoman.org>.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06912776 · STU00222375