用综合护理和技术 (PARITY) 加强的保护性资产:随机对照试验协议
Elizabeth Mollard1, Deirdre Cooper Owens2, Christina Bach1
1College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|August 8, 2024
概括
本试点研究评估了PARITY计划,结合了健康技术平台和社区杜拉支持,以改善黑人妇女的孕产妇健康结果. 结果将为减少黑人孕产妇健康差异的更大规模试验提供信息.
科学领域:
- 孕产妇健康 孕产妇健康
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
背景情况:
- 与白人女性相比,黑人女性面临的严重孕产妇发病率和死亡率不成比例地高.
- 通过综合护理和技术 (PARITY) 加强的保护资产计划旨在解决这些差异.
- PARITY集成了一个健康技术平台与社区杜拉支持.
研究的目的:
- 确定PARITY干预的可行性和可接受性.
- 调查PARITY对临床结果 (血压,体重增加,剖腹产) 的初步疗效.
- 评估参与者健康行为的变化和参与者的强项.
主要方法:
- 一项试点随机对照试验 (RCT) 涉及60名黑人孕妇,随机分别进行1:1干预或对照.
- 干预组在12周内获得技术平台和doula支持.
- 混合方法评估,包括从怀孕20周到产后12周的临床和行为结果测量.
主要成果:
- 招聘,入学和数据收集正在进行中.
- 这项研究由国家护理研究院资助.
- 预计研究完成日期为2024年10月.
结论:
- 该研究预计将为PARITY干预提供可行性和初步疗效数据.
- 结果将为设计一个更大的,为期12个月的PARITY计划试验提供信息.
- 这项研究旨在为黑人孕产妇的健康差异提供务实的解决方案.
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