A randomized trial of electronic fetal monitoring in preterm labor: mothers' views

• Published in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 7
• Main Authors: Killien, M G, Shy, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.1989
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attitude to Health; Auscultation; Clinical Trials as Topic; Female; Fetal Monitoring - methods; Fetal Monitoring - psychology; Humans; Mothers - psychology; Obstetric Labor, Premature - diagnosis; Obstetric Labor, Premature - nursing; Obstetric Labor, Premature - psychology; Pregnancy; Psychological Tests; Random Allocation

To determine if perceptions of preterm labor and birth differed between women who were monitored by electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) or by periodic auscultation, 135 subjects were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups on admission to a tertiary perinatal care setting. The first group rec...