Clinical efficacy and acceptability of remote fetal heart rate self-monitoring in Southern China

• Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Gan, Yujie, Zhu, Caixia, Zhou, Yueqin, Wu, Jieying, Cai, Fenge, Wu, Qiang, Huang, Jingwan, Zhu, Yanna, Chen, Haitian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 07.10.2023; BMC
• Subjects: Abortion; Amniotic fluid; Antenatal care; Birth weight; Cesarean section; Consent; COVID-19; Feces; Fetal monitoring; Gestational age; Gestational diabetes; Heart rate; Hospitals; Hypertension; Industrialized nations; Intensive care; Monitoring systems; Mortality; Neonatal care; Obstetric outcomes; Obstetrics; Pandemics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Premature birth; Prenatal care; Questionnaires; Remote fetal heart rate self-monitoring; Statistical analysis; Stillbirth; Wireless; Womens health; China

BackgroundCompared to traditional fetal heart rate monitoring (FHR) for the outpatients in clinic, remote FHR monitoring shows real-time assessment of fetal wellbeing at home. The clinical function of remote FHR monitoring in pregnant wome in outpatient is still unclear.ObjectiveTo explore the feasi...