Quality of Information Provided During Antenatal Consultations

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorHospices Civils de Lyon

About this trial

The objective of this questionnaire study is to evaluate the concordance between the information provided to parents during antenatal consultations and their subsequent experiences following childbirth.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients were observed at the multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre.

Patients who had attended at least one antenatal consultation with a pediatric neonatologist

Patients who gave birth between January 2020 and December 2022 and whose newborn was hospitalized in the neonatology department

Disqualifiers

a child who died in hospital or had a condition with a high risk of death in the first few years of life

non-French speaking mothers

Mothers who were minors at the time of the study

Trial population

Of the patients who were followed up at the multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre and had an antenatal consultation with a pediatric neonatologist, 113 patients met the inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Design model

Other

Time perspective

Retrospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Survey

    Other intervention

    The study utilised a 16-item questionnaire to evaluate the quality of information received during antenatal diagnosis consultations and its congruence with subsequent experiences following birth and hospitalisation of the infant. The questionnaire encompassed seven questions pertaining to consultation arrangements, including duration, frequency and unit visits, six questions addressing the received information, and three questions exploring the long-term outcomes of the child.

Treatment groups

113 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Patients (mother only)1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Question 8 of the questionnaire

In summary, did the information provided during the consultation with the paediatrician correspond to the events that transpired during your child's hospitalisation ? Patients are invited to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with a series of four statements by selecting one of four options : 'not at all', 'to some extent', 'almost' or 'completely'.

Time frame
The outcome is measured at the time of questionnaire completion, typically at hospital discharge or within one week post-discharge.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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