This study is a non-randomized, quasi-experimental, monocentric study comparing two prenatal monitoring modes in low-risk pregnancy: including at least one remote consultation (phone or teleconsultation) versus face-to-face adapted to confinement. The quality of care perceived by the pregnant women were evaluated according to monitoring modes set up during the COVID-19 pandemic confinement period. The women included planned to give birth at the regional academic Maternity of Nancy, France.
The emergency confinement measures deployed by most industrialized countries governments to
limit the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic resulted in rapid and
unpredictable changes in methods of obstetric monitoring. International and French government
recommendations called for a reorganization of mandatory monitoring, particularly for
low-risk pregnancies (limit the presence of the coparent during follow-up consultations and
implement remote consultations). The potential impact of this reorganization on care
perception, probably increased by the context of an unprecedented economic, social and health
crisis, is unpredictable. In the absence of a previous event of comparable importance, it is
impossible to anticipate differences in satisfaction with antenatal management and in stress
level between women exposed to the two types of monitoring. Many factors can influence the
perception of care quality, such as the socio-economic environment and the level of health
literacy, that is, the individual's ability to find information on health, to understand and
use this information to improve his own health or develop autonomy in health care system.
The objective of this study is to determine which type of monitoring is better perceived by
pregnant women, the factors associated with this perception and the links with the level of
knowledge and mastery of women regarding reproductive health and digital tools.
Other: Remote consultation
One or more consultation is conducted by phone or teleconsultation during prenatal monitoring
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant woman eligible for type A or A1 follow-up according to the French Health
Authority "Haute Autorité de Santé" (HAS) (low-risk pregnancy)
- Having consulted at least one practitioner (midwife or physician) during the COVID-19
national confinement period
- Gestational age > 7 weeks of amenorrhea on 17th March 2020, at the beginning of the
national confinement period in France
- having received complete information on the organisation of this research and not
opposed to participation and exploitation of her data
- Childbirth expected in the regional academic Maternity of Nancy
- Member of or beneficiary of a social security scheme
- Speaking French and able to complete a self questionnaire or having the possibility of
being assisted
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not understanding French
- Multiple pregnancy
- Request for voluntary termination of pregnancy
- Discovery or suspicion of congenital malformation
- Under protection of justice, guardianship or trusteeship
- Deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
- Undergoing psychiatric care under sections L. 3212-1 and L. 3213-1 of french law
(hospitalization without consent).
Maternité Régionale Universitaire de Nancy
Nancy, France
Gaëlle Ambroise, Principal Investigator
CHRU Nancy