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Most Women Willing to Wear Heart Tracker During Pregnancy
Wearable technology along with telehealth has extended clinical monitoring to patients’ homes. More and more patients are accepting remote medical care….
Wearable technology along with telehealth has extended clinical monitoring to patients’ homes. More and more patients are accepting remote medical care. A University of Washington Medicine-led study published in the Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics explored whether or not women would be willing to use ECG devices during pregnancy. ECG devices could monitor fetal well-being and improve pregnancy outcomes. The study conducted in 45 of 50 U.S. states among women ages 18-45 showed that most women were willing to use wearables to help their healthcare providers monitor maternal fetal health.
A cohort of 508 women of reproductive age was included in the survey. About half of the participants (50.9%) reported that they planned to become pregnant in the next 5 years. Of these 50.9% women, 46.9% expressed willingness to wear an ECG device full-time during pregnancy, whereas 31.4% said they could only wear it during bedtime. Most participants showed an inclination to spend $100 to $200 for an at-home ECG device.
Wearing such devices at home during pregnancy could help healthcare teams monitor mother and fetal health leading to improved prenatal health services and decrease in childbirth mortality.
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