MOMs Chat and Care Study

Conditions

• Severe Maternal Morbidity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

FEMALE

Age

18 Years - 50 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Maternal Health Education Resources — OTHER
  Maternal health education will be provided via digital applications that participants can access on their smart phone, tablet, or computer. One of the maternal health education resources will be the Northwell Pregnancy \& Peds Chats, a personalized care digital chatbot delivered via the Conversa platform and accessible on a smartphone, tablet, and computer. During the prenatal and postpartum periods, participants will receive a weekly chat via text message or email with a link to the platform. The chats provide timely, brief educational tools and resources. They are also designed to capture clinical, behavioral health, and social health concerns that alert the 24/7 nurse-led call center who follows up to connect the participant to services as needed. The other education resource that participants will be encouraged to use is the Pregnancy+ app, a publicly available application where participants can view educational videos and articles as well as a list of community resources.
• Prenatal Telehealth Visits — BEHAVIORAL
  The MOMs CMC/RN (interventionists) will deliver up to 12 bi-weekly self-management support telehealth visits during the prenatal period. The first telehealth visit will be 30-45 minutes in duration and follow-up visits will be 15-20 minutes. These telehealth visits will involve clinical and behavioral health check-ins; navigation to clinical, behavioral health, and social services as needed; screening for social needs during the initial telehealth visit; follow-up on referrals to resources to address social needs; and self-management support. MOMs CMCs/RNs will assess progress with engagement in self-management behaviors including asking about minutes and type of physical activity, self-monitoring (blood pressure, blood sugar, weight), and taking medications. The MOMs CMC/RN will provide brief maternal health education and support the participant in establishing behavior change goals and facilitating problem solving to address barriers to achieving goals each session.
• Postpartum Telehealth Visits — OTHER
  The MOMs CMC/RN will conduct a telehealth visit (with navigation as needed) by phone 24 and 72 hours after labor and delivery. After the 72-hour call, telehealth visits with navigation will occur bi-weekly until 6 weeks postpartum. These telehealth visits will be 15-20 minutes in duration. Telehealth visits will include a brief clinical and behavioral health check-in, screening for social needs, navigation to clinical, behavioral health, and social services as needed, and follow-up on referrals to community resources and social services. During each visit, participants will be asked if they have experienced any signs or symptoms of concern (e.g., pain, discomfort, headaches, bleeding), screened for depression and anxiety, and be reminded about upcoming medical appointments. The CMC or RN will navigate the participant to the appropriate provider (e.g., OB, cardiologist, behavioral health) or services (e.g., emergency, social, community-based resources) as needed in a timely manner.
• Home Blood Pressure Monitor — OTHER
  Participants will receive an Omron 10 home blood pressure monitor to use throughout the study period. Along with the cuff, participants will receive written (postcard) and video instructions (https://youtu.be/p9UEDv6nvwU) on how to accurately measure their blood pressure. Participants with diagnosed chronic hypertension or preeclampsia during the prenatal period will be encouraged to measure their blood pressure twice a day; participants without these conditions will be encouraged to measure their blood pressure twice a week. During the postpartum period, participants will be encouraged to follow their provider recommendations in terms of how often they should measure their blood pressure. Participants will be allowed to keep the blood pressure monitor after the study has completed.
• Fitbit — OTHER
  Participants will receive a Fitbit to use during the study period. Participants will be asked to wear the Fitbit on their wrist throughout the day to track all activity (e.g., walking, other physical activity, sedentary activity, and sleep). All data including minutes of activity and step counts will be stored on a secure web-based platform that aggregates data from the Fitbit device. Participants will be encouraged to sync their Fitbit device every 5 days with their phone to ensure data is up to date. Participants will be allowed to keep the Fitbit after the study has completed.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of an integrated care model approach at two different levels of intensity designed to facilitate timely, appropriate care to reduce risk for SMM. Black and Hispanic pregnant patients with an Obstetrics-Comorbidity Index Score ³ greater than or equal to 2 and/or a history of pre-eclampsia will be identified via the electronic health record and 674 will be recruited and randomized early during pregnancy to one of two study arms: MOMs High-Touch (MOMs-HT) vs. MOMs Low-Touch (MOMs-LT). The two study arms will be compared on incidence of SMM at labor and delivery (Aim 1), incidence rate of SMM-related hospitalizations at 1-month and 1-year postpartum (Aim 1a), time to preeclampsia diagnosis and initiation of treatment (Aim 2), change in perceived social support domains (Aim 3), and physical activity trajectories (exploratory Aim 4). Mixed methods will also be used to examine facilitators and barriers to implementation (Aim 5). Findings from this study will help to determine how to feasibly implement an effective and sustainable integrated care approach to reduce risk for SMM.

Key Dates

Start date

May 28, 2024

Status verified

May 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2027

Completion

Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

674 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: MOMs High Touch (MOMs-HT)
  Participants randomized to the MOMs-HT arm will receive access to maternal health education resources via digital applications available on their phone, tablet, or computer as well as navigation to timely clinical, behavioral health, and/or social care services by the MOMs team throughout the prenatal and postpartum periods; 12 bi-weekly self-management support telehealth visits with a MOMs care management coordinator (CMC) or registered nurse (RN) during the prenatal period; home blood pressure monitor to measure their blood pressure regularly; Fitbit to track physical activity; and 5 bi-weekly telehealth visits with navigation to clinical, behavioral, and social services as needed by the MOMs team up to 6 weeks postpartum.
• Active Comparator: MOMs Low Touch (MOMs-LT)
  Participants randomized to the MOMs-LT arm will receive access to maternal health education resources via digital applications available on their phone, tablet, or computer as well as navigation to timely clinical, behavioral health, and/or social care services by the MOMs team throughout the prenatal and postpartum periods; 5 bi-weekly telehealth visits with navigation to clinical, behavioral, and social services as needed by the MOMs team up to 6 weeks postpartum; and a Fitbit to track physical activity.

Primary Outcome Measure

Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) [ Time Frame: Labor and delivery; 1-month postpartum; 1-year postpartum ]

Central Contacts

• Stephanie L Fitzpatrick, PhD
  646-766-7167
  [email protected]
• Lizcary Amarante, MPH
  516-618-3633
  [email protected]

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