Namrita J Odackal1, Mark Conaway2, Juyoung Cha3, Jonathan R Swanson4. 1. Division of Neonatology, St. Vincent Hospital, Billings, MT, USA. namrita.j.odackal@gmail.com. 2. Division of Translational Research and Applied Statistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 3. School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 4. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesize that addition of illustrated handouts during prenatal consultations decreases maternal anxiety and improves maternal knowledge. STUDY DESIGN:Inpatient gravid women at 25 0/7-34 6/7 weeks gestation were randomized to Standard or Illustrated consults, verbal consults supplemented with a visual handout. Post consult surveys were administered assessing maternal anxiety and knowledge acquisition. RESULT: We enrolled 82 women; 54 to Standard Consult, 28 to Illustrated Consult. Consult duration was the same across arms. Anxiety and knowledge were not impacted by the intervention overall. We found higher mean knowledge by 17% for consults ≥31 min (P = 0.006; 95% CI 0.67-3.82), and 13% in primigravids (P = 0.032; 95% CI 0.15-3.21) in the intervention arm. CONCLUSIONS: Using illustrated handouts is feasible and does not increase duration of prenatal consults. It may improve knowledge acquisition in long consults and in primigravida women, although it does not impact anxiety and knowledge overall.
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OBJECTIVE: We hypothesize that addition of illustrated handouts during prenatal consultations decreases maternal anxiety and improves maternal knowledge. STUDY DESIGN: Inpatient gravid women at 25 0/7-34 6/7 weeks gestation were randomized to Standard or Illustrated consults, verbal consults supplemented with a visual handout. Post consult surveys were administered assessing maternal anxiety and knowledge acquisition. RESULT: We enrolled 82 women; 54 to Standard Consult, 28 to Illustrated Consult. Consult duration was the same across arms. Anxiety and knowledge were not impacted by the intervention overall. We found higher mean knowledge by 17% for consults ≥31 min (P = 0.006; 95% CI 0.67-3.82), and 13% in primigravids (P = 0.032; 95% CI 0.15-3.21) in the intervention arm. CONCLUSIONS: Using illustrated handouts is feasible and does not increase duration of prenatal consults. It may improve knowledge acquisition in long consults and in primigravida women, although it does not impact anxiety and knowledge overall.