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

Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Postpartum Care

Treatments: Other: Early Postpartum Phone Call

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04226807

2019-10372

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Had a vaginal or cesarean delivery at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital
• Gestational age greater than or equal to 36 weeks
• Received prenatal care at the Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC) clinic

Exclusion criteria

• Fetal or neonatal death or demise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Early Postpartum Contact

Experimental group

Description:

Patient receive a phone call from research staff 2-3 weeks after giving birth in addition to routine postpartum visit

Treatment:

Other: Early Postpartum Phone Call

Routine Postpartum Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patient receives routine postpartum visit only