Assessing the Maternal Outcome Monitoring Systems

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorColumbia University

About this trial

Pregnancy-related death is a growing public health issues, which are of particular concern to minority groups, including African-Americans and Spanish-speaking Latinas. Our proposal aims to improve a patient's ability to detect warning signs of pregnancy related death and seek medical care.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Greater than 28 weeks pregnant

Receiving healthcare in the United States

Age 18 years or older

[Identify as Black or African American race AND able to speak and read English, AND preferred language of English] OR [Identify as Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity AND Spanish able to speak and read Spanish AND preferred language of Spanish]

Disqualifiers

Severe cognitive impairment

Major psychiatric illness

Concomitant terminal illness that would preclude participation.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Maternal Outcome Monitoring and Support system

    Other intervention

    The Maternal Outcome Monitoring and Support system is a mobile health application that allows participants to choose symptoms they may be having that are warning signs of pregnancy related death. They then receive decision support about when they should seek medical care (call their provider or go to an emergency room).

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: MOMS interventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Patient activation

Change in patient activation measured using the validated Patient Activation Measure (PAM)

Time frame
Baseline to 6 weeks postpartum

Secondary outcomes

1

Knowledge of pregnancy related death warning signs

Change in knowledge of warning signs for pregnancy related death

Time frame
Baseline to 6 weeks postpartum

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Columbia University

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Collaborator