[A method of evaluating self-monitoring at home during pregnancy].
All women of 30 gestational weeks in six hospitals in Shanghai during the period from January 1 to December 31 1987, were systematically and randomly divided into a study group of 6,506 for Self-Monitoring at home and a control group of 6,500. The observations showed that: the perinatal mortality rate was 6.30% in the study group and 10.92% in the control group; the fetal death rate was 3.23% and 6.34% respectively. The difference between the rates of the 2 groups was of statistical significance. The acceptability of this study was 92.5%. The above results suggested that self-monitoring at home during pregnancy is a simple, convenient and inexpensive method which does not require costly or precision instrument. It is also a relatively efficient method for mass screening of intrauterine fetal asphyxia, especially important for high risk pregnant women.
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012648:Self Care