Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec;35(25):8472-8475. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2021.1980534. Epub 2021 Sep 23.
Obstetrical providers have had to rapidly rethink how to provide comprehensive prenatal care during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. At our institution, we implemented a risk-stratified approach to incorporating telemedicine into our prenatal care. The objective of this study was to determine acceptability of virtual prenatal care and preferences for future pregnancies among our patient population.
We sought feedback from a convenience sample of patients regarding the acceptability of virtual prenatal care and desires for future pregnancies.
We found that virtual prenatal care is acceptable to patients, and the majority would like to incorporate it into future post-pandemic pregnancy care, although preferences differ by race.
Virtual prenatal care should continue to be employed in post-pandemic obstetric practice. Obstetrical providers must determine how to incorporate this practice in a risk-stratified and equitable fashion.
在 SARS-CoV-2 大流行期间，产科医生不得不重新思考如何提供全面的产前护理。在我们的机构中，我们实施了一种风险分层的方法，将远程医疗纳入我们的产前护理中。本研究的目的是确定我们患者群体对虚拟产前护理的接受程度和对未来妊娠的偏好。
我们向方便样本的患者征求有关虚拟产前护理的可接受性和对未来妊娠的期望的反馈。
我们发现虚拟产前护理是可以被患者接受的，而且大多数患者希望在未来的大流行后妊娠护理中加入虚拟护理，尽管不同种族的患者有不同的偏好。
虚拟产前护理应继续在大流行后的产科实践中使用。产科医生必须确定如何以风险分层和公平的方式将这种做法纳入其中。
