Why the study?
Is a wireless fetal heart rate monitor functional and acceptable for term pregnant women in a rural low-resource setting?
Population
50 non-laboring healthy term pregnant women and 7 non-study clinicians in rural Southwestern Uganda
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 min
Authors
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Supports the feasibility of wireless fetal monitoring in low-resource settings; leaves open whether this prototype improves clinical.
Is a wireless fetal heart rate monitor functional and acceptable for term pregnant women in a rural low-resource setting?
A prototype wireless fetal heart rate monitor demonstrated high functionality and acceptability among pregnant women and clinicians in a rural low-resource setting.
Mugyenyi et al. (2017) studied this question.
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