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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Study protocol

Improving maternity care using a personal health record: study protocol for a stepped-wedge, randomised, controlled trial

Authors: Carola J. M. Groenen, Marjan J. Faber, Jan A. M. Kremer, Frank P. H. A. Vandenbussche, Noortje T. L. van Duijnhoven

Published in: Trials | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

A personal health record (PHR) is an online application through which individuals can access, manage, and share their health information in a private, secure, and confidential environment. Personal health records empower patients, facilitate collaboration among healthcare professionals, and improve health outcomes. Given these anticipated positive effects, we want to implement a PHR, named MyPregn@ncy, in a Dutch maternity care setting and to evaluate its effects in routine care. This paper presents the study protocol.

Methods/design

The effects of implementing a PHR in maternity care on patients and professionals will be identified in a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised, controlled trial. The study will be performed in the region of Nijmegen, a Dutch area with an average of 4,500 births a year and more than 230 healthcare professionals involved in maternity care. Data analyses will describe the effects of MyPregn@ncy on health outcomes in maternity care, quality of care from the patients’ perspectives, and collaboration among healthcare professionals. Additionally, a process evaluation of the implementation of MyPregn@ncy will be performed. Data will be collected using data from the Dutch perinatal registry, questionnaires, interviews, and log data.

Discussion

The study is expected to yield new information about the effects, strengths, possibilities, and challenges to the implementation and usage of a PHR in routine maternal care settings. Results may lead to new insights and improvements in the quality of maternal and perinatal care.

Trial registration

Netherlands Trial Register: NTR4063
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Metadata
Title
Improving maternity care using a personal health record: study protocol for a stepped-wedge, randomised, controlled trial
Authors
Carola J. M. Groenen
Marjan J. Faber
Jan A. M. Kremer
Frank P. H. A. Vandenbussche
Noortje T. L. van Duijnhoven
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Trials / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1326-0

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