Self-monitoring blood pressure in Pregnancy : Evaluation of health professional experiences of the BUMP trials

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BACKGROUND: The BUMP trials evaluated a self-monitoring of blood pressure intervention in addition to usual care, testing whether they improved detection or control of hypertension for women at risk of hypertension or with hypertension during pregnancy. This process evaluation aimed to understand healthcare professionals' perspectives and experiences of the BUMP trials of self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy.

METHODS: Twenty-two in-depth qualitative interviews and an online survey with 328 healthcare professionals providing care for pregnant people in the BUMP trials were carried out across five maternity units in England.

RESULTS: Analysis used Normalisation Process Theory to identify factors required for successful implementation and integration into routine practice. Healthcare professionals felt self-monitoring of blood pressure did not over-medicalise pregnancy for women with, or at risk of, hypertension. Most said self-monitored readings positively affected their clinical encounters and professional roles, provided additive information on which to base decisions and enriched their relationships with pregnant people. Self-monitoring of blood pressure shifts responsibilities. Some healthcare professionals felt women having responsibility to decide on timing of monitoring and whether to act on self-monitored readings was unduly burdensome, and resulted in healthcare professionals taking additional responsibility for supporting them.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite healthcare professionals' early concerns that self-monitoring of blood pressure might over-medicalise pregnancy, our analysis shows the opposite was the case when used in the care of pregnant people with, or at higher risk of, hypertension. While professionals retained ultimate clinical responsibility, they viewed self-monitoring of blood pressure as a means of sharing responsibility and empowering women to understand their bodies, to make judgements and decisions, and to contribute to their care.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Pregnancy hypertension - 35(2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 88-95

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chisholm, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Tucker, Katherine L [VerfasserIn]
Crawford, Carole [VerfasserIn]
Green, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Greenfield, Sheila [VerfasserIn]
Hodgkinson, James [VerfasserIn]
Lavallee, Layla [VerfasserIn]
Leeson, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Mackillop, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
McCourt, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Sandall, Jane [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Chappell, Lucy C [VerfasserIn]
McManus, Richard J [VerfasserIn]
Hinton, Lisa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BUMP trials
Blood pressure
Evaluation
Health professional
Journal Article
Pregnancy hypertension
Self-monitoring

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.preghy.2024.01.134

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367907216