Novel Visual Education Tool to Improve Recognition and Reporting of Postpartum Urgent Maternal Warning Signs

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Conditions studied: Postpartum

In brief

This study aims to create a novel visual education tool that builds on the urgent maternal warning signs identified by The Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. Including effective images will improve the understanding of these grave warning signs/symptoms, improving anatomical accuracy while remaining simplistic for patients of varying levels of health care literacy. The investigative team will be focusing on urgent warning signs pertinent to the postpartum period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06912776

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

40

Starts

2025-06-20

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Postpartum women
• Nulliparity
• Age >18 years of age
• English speaking patients

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide informed written consent
• Refusal to participate in all study-related procedures
• Patients not fluent in English
• Patients with current or history of serious peripartum complications and/or events - such as DVT, PE, peripartum cardiomyopathy, etc. (in which the patient may have received more than standard clinical counseling)
• Patient with comorbidities that potentially require anticoagulation i.e. coagulopathies and may be more prone to DVTs
• Patients with uncorrected visual or hearing impairment
• Healthcare providers (in which patients will have significant background knowledge)

Where it is running

• Northwestern Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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