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Home BP monitoring

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: C19-IUC-306

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Professor Fiona Denison

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Pregnant women

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Rapid changes from face-to-face consultations to home monitoring has affected many aspects of NHS services. Here, the researchers will examine home-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) to high-risk and shielded pregnant women across Scotland during the pandemic. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact and acceptability of rapid rollout using a mixed methods approach looking a data driven service evaluation and a series of qualitative interviews with service users and providers.