Novel Visual Education Tool to Improve Recognition and Reporting of Postpartum Urgent Maternal Warning Signs
Northwestern University
Summary
This study aims to create a novel visual education tool that builds on the urgent maternal warning signs identified by The Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. Including effective images will improve the understanding of these grave warning signs/symptoms, improving anatomical accuracy while remaining simplistic for patients of varying levels of health care literacy. The investigative team will be focusing on urgent warning signs pertinent to the postpartum period.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women * Nulliparity * Age \>18 years of age * English speaking patients Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide informed written consent * Refusal to participate in all study-related procedures * Patients not fluent in English * Patients with current or history of serious peripartum complications and/or events - such as DVT, PE, peripartum cardiomyopathy, etc. (in which the patient may have received more than standard clinical counseling) * Patient with comorbidities that potentially require anticoagulation i.e. coagulopathies and may be more prone to DVT…
Interventions
- OtherParticipant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first
Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) of a post delivery complication first
- OtherParticipant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first
Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) of a post delivery complication first
Location
- Northwestern MedicineChicago, Illinois