Telehealth Multi-Component Optional Model (MOM) Study

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS · Oct 17, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

The Telehealth Multi-Component Optional Model (MOM) Study is looking at how to best provide postpartum care for new mothers. Researchers want to compare two different ways of delivering this care: one using telehealth services where healthcare providers connect with patients online (called Telehealth MOM) and another that enhances the usual in-person care (called enhanced standard of care, or ESoC). This study is especially focused on understanding the needs of diverse women, including those from racial and rural communities, to make sure they receive the support they need after giving birth.

To participate in this study, women need to be between 18 and 44 years old and pregnant between 16 to 35 weeks. They can have had either a vaginal birth or a cesarean section. However, some women with specific health conditions, like certain types of diabetes or heart disease, won't be eligible to join. Participants can expect to receive care through one of the two models being studied and will help researchers learn more about how to improve postpartum care for all women. If you're interested in joining, this could be a great opportunity to contribute to important healthcare research!

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women between 16-35 weeks gestation
• • Age 18-44 years
• • Ability to speak English, Spanish, or Marshallese
• • Participants may have either a vaginal birth or cesarean section birth
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Type 1 diabetes on an insulin pump followed closely by endocrinology
• • Uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes
• • End stage renal disease followed closely by nephrology
• • ICU admission at any point during pregnancy or delivery hospitalization
• • Other maternal conditions requiring additional surgeries (i.e. cesarean hysterectomy or intrapartum or postpartum oophorectomy/appendectomy)
• • Incarceration
• • Mental disability limiting decision-making capacity
• • Uncontrolled chronic hypertension
• • HELLP syndrome during pregnancy
• • Sickle cell disease
• • Maternal heart condition or heart disease
• • Opioid use disorder
• • Lupus
• • Thrombophilia or blood clots
• • Need for blood transfusion during delivery hospitalization
• • Other maternal conditions or complications, known during pregnancy or delivery hospitalization, requiring prolonged hospitalization postpartum