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The purpose of the study is to design, implement, and evaluate a holistic postpartum women's health care system for women who have cardiovascular risk factors for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) including chronic hypertension, chronic diabetes, gestational diabetes, pre-pregnancy obesity, or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) which includes gestational hypertension or preeclampsia. The researchers will use a sequential mixed methods design. First, the researchers will conduct in-depth interviews with women who have given birth in the prior year to characterize barriers and facilitators to accessing postpartum care. The information from these interviews will be used to inform the design of a postpartum care system. Next, the researchers will conduct a pragmatic randomized trial to test the effectiveness of the system on postpartum care engagement versus standard of care.


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The US maternal mortality ratio is the highest among developed nations at 26.4 maternal deaths per 100,000 livebirths. Among the states, Georgia has the second highest maternal mortality (66.3 per 100,000), with a 60% higher rate for black vs white women (95.6 vs 59.7 per 100,000). Nearly 100 times more common than maternal mortality is severe maternal morbidity (SMM), defined as unexpected outcomes of labor and delivery that result in short- and long-term deleterious health consequences. Maternal mortality and SMM are highest among women who are black, publicly insured or uninsured, and deliver in safety-net hospitals. In Georgia, 66% of maternal deaths occur to women insured by Medicaid at delivery and the majority of deaths and SMM occur postpartum, a time during which healthcare visits are poorly attended and oftentimes inaccessible. The Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee concluded that two-thirds of maternal deaths are preventable, with chronic health conditions, obesity, delays in accessing and fragmentation of care as key contributors. As solutions, it recommends improved prenatal and postpartum follow-up and case management, control of chronic health conditions, and extension of Medicaid coverage beyond 60 days postpartum. While the postpartum period represents a crucial window of opportunity for promoting women's current and future health, up to 40% of US women do not attend postpartum visits due to structural barriers (e.g., lack of insurance, transportation or childcare) social barriers (e.g., medical mistrust and poor patient-provider relationships) or low perceived utility of postpartum care. Moreover, the lowest rates of postpartum care utilization are concentrated among women with the highest rates of pregnancy complications and chronic conditions (e.g., women who are uninsured or Medicaid-insured, low-income, and non-Hispanic black). Timely and adequate use of postpartum care is especially important for women with diabetes or hypertensive disease as these conditions are associated with increased risk for postpartum morbidity and mortality and cardiovascular disease later in life. The researchers of this study plan to conduct an intervention study to assess the effect of a woman-centered, comprehensive postpartum care system on postpartum visit attendance and follow-up care among medically underserved women with chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-pregnancy obesity or hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP). Because implementing and sustaining a comprehensive postpartum care system in a health disparities population requires a thorough understanding of patient preferences regarding the structural and process elements of care, methods of provider-patient communication, and strategies for addressing social and contextual barriers to care the researchers will use in-depth interviews to inform the intervention design and then assess health outcomes and satisfaction. ;


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NCT number NCT05430815
Study type Interventional
Source Emory University
Contact
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date August 8, 2022
Completion date April 30, 2025

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