Novel Visual Education Tool to Improve Recognition and Reporting of Postpartum Urgent Maternal Warning Signs

Northwestern University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Postpartum

Treatments: Other: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first; Other: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06912776

STU00222375

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first

Other group

Description:

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) of a post delivery complication first.

Treatment:

Other: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first

Other group

Description:

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) of a post delivery complication first

Treatment:

Other: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first