OBJECTIVES: To determine whether pregnant hypertensives women are more anxious when monitored in hospital or at homes. DESIGN: Prospective randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Rosie Maternity Hospital and women's homes. SUBJECTS:Ninety-nine pregnant hypertensive women: 50 had their blood pressure measured telemetrically from home, and 49 had it measured in hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of episodes of monitoring, duration of monitoring, mean blood pressure during monitoring, gestational age at delivery, trait and state anxiety levels. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in anxiety levels, or in any other outcome measure, between the home and hospital groups. CONCLUSION: When blood pressure is being monitored serially in pregnant hypertensive women, there is no measurable difference in their anxiety levels, whether they are in hospital or at home.
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether pregnant hypertensiveswomen are more anxious when monitored in hospital or at homes. DESIGN: Prospective randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Rosie Maternity Hospital and women's homes. SUBJECTS: Ninety-nine pregnant hypertensivewomen: 50 had their blood pressure measured telemetrically from home, and 49 had it measured in hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of episodes of monitoring, duration of monitoring, mean blood pressure during monitoring, gestational age at delivery, trait and state anxiety levels. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in anxiety levels, or in any other outcome measure, between the home and hospital groups. CONCLUSION: When blood pressure is being monitored serially in pregnant hypertensivewomen, there is no measurable difference in their anxiety levels, whether they are in hospital or at home.
Authors: W R Hersh; M Helfand; J Wallace; D Kraemer; P Patterson; S Shapiro; M Greenlick Journal: BMC Med Inform Decis Mak Date: 2001-11-26 Impact factor: 2.796
Authors: Katherine L Tucker; Kathryn S Taylor; Carole Crawford; James A Hodgkinson; Clare Bankhead; Tricia Carver; Elizabeth Ewers; Margaret Glogowska; Sheila M Greenfield; Lucy Ingram; Lisa Hinton; Khalid S Khan; Louise Locock; Lucy Mackillop; Christine McCourt; Alexander M Pirie; Richard Stevens; Richard J McManus Journal: BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Date: 2017-12-28 Impact factor: 3.007