Moms@Home: A Storytelling-based Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy

Description

This pilot study will examine the effects of a digital health approach, Moms@Home, on home blood pressure monitoring in a diverse population of pregnant women with hypertension.

Conditions

Hypertension in Pregnancy, Chronic Hypertension, Gestational Hypertension

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Study overview

This pilot study will examine the effects of a digital health approach, Moms@Home, on home blood pressure monitoring in a diverse population of pregnant women with hypertension.

Development of a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy (Moms@Home)

Moms@Home: A Storytelling-based Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy

Condition
Hypertension in Pregnancy
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Worcester

UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 18-50
  • * English or Spanish speaking
  • * A diagnosis of gestational (20-26 weeks gestational age) or chronic hypertension (8-26 weeks gestational age)
  • * Singleton or multiple gestation pregnancy,
  • * A patient of the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Obstetrics/Maternal and Fetal Medicine clinics in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • * Willing to share home blood pressure monitoring data
  • * Comfortable with the use of smartphones and mobile apps
  • * Severe hypertension (Systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg or Diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg)
  • * Current diagnosis of preeclampsia
  • * Active substance use
  • * Serious physical illness (e.g., unable to interact with a smart device)
  • * Enrolled in another home blood pressure monitoring program
  • * Excluded from study participation by their provider
  • * Inability to provide informed consent
  • * Prisoners/institutionalized individuals

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Massachusetts, Worcester,

Lara Kovell, MD,MSc, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester

Study Record Dates

2027-11-16