Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Usability of a Wireless Self-Guided Fetal Heart Rate Monitor.
Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Usability of a Wireless Self-Guided Fetal Heart Rate Monitor.
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无线自引导胎儿心率监测器的准确性,临床实用性和可用性。
DOI:
10.1097/aog.0000000000004322
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发表时间:
2021-04-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Neppe C
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Porter P;Muirhead F;Brisbane J;Schneider B;Choveaux J;Bear N;Carson J;Jones K;Silva D;Neppe C
Evaluation of a wireless fetal heart rate monitor demonstrates high agreement with heart rate, as assessed by cardiotocography, and is feasible for use at home. To evaluate the accuracy, clinical utility, and usability of a wireless fetal and maternal heartbeat monitor to monitor fetal heart rate (FHR). We conducted a prospective, single-center study of a convenience sample of women aged 18 years or older with a singleton pregnancy of at least 12 weeks of gestation. Fetal heart rate recordings were performed using both the heartbeat monitor and cardiotocography to evaluate accuracy. Clinicians used the heartbeat monitor in the clinic. Women used the device, unassisted, during a clinic visit or at home. Obstetricians assessed the clinical utility of FHR traces. Women rated the heartbeat monitor using the System Usability Scale. A total of 81 participants provided 126 recordings. The accuracy of the heartbeat monitor was excellent compared with cardiotocography, with limits of agreement (95%) for mean FHR between −1.6 (CI −2.0 to 1.3) and +1.0 (CI 0.7–1.4) beats per minute (bpm), mean difference −0.3 bpm, intraclass coefficient 0.99. The FHR was detected on all occasions. Clinicians took a median (interquartile range) of 0.5 (0.2–1.2) minutes to detect the FHR, obtaining a continuous trace of longer than 1 minute in 95% (39/41) of occasions. Home users took a median of 0.5 (0.2–2.0) minutes to detect the FHR, obtaining a continuous trace of longer than 1 minute in 92% (24/26) of occasions, with a median total trace time of 4.6 (4.4–4.8) minutes. The traces were deemed clinically useful in 100% (55/55) of clinician and 97% (31/32) of home recordings. The heartbeat monitor ranked in the 96–100th percentile for usability and learnability. The heartbeat monitor was accurate and easy for clinicians and participants to use. Data recorded at home were equivalent to those obtained using current assessment protocols for low-risk pregnancies, potentially allowing the device to be used in telehealth consultations. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry, ACTRN12620000739910. The HeraBEAT devices used in this study were loaned by HeraMED Pty Ltd (HeraMED, Netanya, ISRAEL). The study was supported by PHI Research Group (not-for-profit), which was responsible for Statistician fees and Research Assistants' salaries. Joondalup Health Campus provided infrastructure support, and IT services in-kind to the PHI research group.