Vital signs during pregnancy, intrapartum and two weeks post partum Pregnancy and Childbirth
Conditions
Interventions
Vital signs, including oxygen saturation levels, blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate and temperature will be recorded onto a tablet and smartphone throughout pregnancy at 4-6 week intervals a
Sponsors
University of Oxford (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Over 16 years of age (parental consent to be obtained for participants <18 years old) 2. Pregnant with an intent to deliver in hospital 3. Able to understand written or spoken English or has their own interpreter willing to translate 4. Willing and able to use the home monitoring equipment 5. Within category 1 of the American Society of Anaesthesiologists' classification of physical status at enrolment (normal healthy patient without any clinically important comorbidity and without a clinically significant past/present medical history).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Any known medical condition expected by the recruiting clinician to alter maternal vital signs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To create a comprehensive database of physiological values during pregnancy, the intrapartum and postpartum periods for 1000 participants. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To develop a centile-based early warning score for pregnancy and the postpartum period. 2. To investigate new patterns within vital signs data in pregnancy | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed