A Functionality and Acceptability Study of Wireless Maternal Vital Sign Monitor in a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Rural Uganda

Methods: Healthy, full-term pregnant women were recruited to wear a wireless vital signs monitor that captures heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), and temperature (T). Measurements were compared with standard of care vital signs.Successful functionality was defined as continuous capture of vital signs for 30 minutes with wireless transfer to a central monitor. We evaluated agreement between wireless and standard measurements using Bland–Altman plots. Acceptability by pregnant women and clinicians was assessed by questionnaires.

• Publication year

  2017

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2017-01-07

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.17303/jwhg.2017.4.103
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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