A clinical carepath for obese pregnant women: a pragmatic pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

The Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine : the Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
Sarah D McDonaldLehana Thabane

Abstract

Objectives: Obese women are at increased risks for complications during pregnancy, birth, and in their infants. Although guidelines have been established for the clinical care of obese pregnant women, management is sometimes suboptimal. Our goal was to determine the feasibility of implementing and testing a clinical carepath for obese pregnant women compared to standard care, in a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT). Methods: A pragmatic pilot cluster RCT was conducted, randomly allocating eight clinics to the carepath or standard care for obese pregnant women. Women were eligible if they had a pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2 and a viable singleton <21 weeks. The primary outcomes were the feasibility of conducting a full-scale cluster RCT (defined as >80%: randomization of clinics, use in eligible women, and completeness of follow-up) and of the intervention (defined as >80%: compliance with each step in the carepath and recommendation of the carepath by clinicians to a colleague). Results: All eight approached clinics agreed to participate and were randomized. Half of the intervention clinics used the carepath, resulting in <80% uptake of eligible women. High follow-up (99.5%) was achieved, in 188 ...Continue Reading

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