Recruiting

Maternal Warning Signs

Sponsor:

Northwestern University

Code:

NCT06912776

Conditions

Postpartum

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study aims to create a novel visual education tool that builds on the urgent maternal warning signs identified by The Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. Including effective images will improve the understanding of these grave warning signs/symptoms, improving anatomical accuracy while remaining simplistic for patients of varying levels of health care literacy. The investigative team will be focusing on urgent warning signs pertinent to the postpartum period.

Conditions

Postpartum

Study ID

NCT06912776

Start date

Jun 20, 2025

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Jul, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Postpartum women
  • Nulliparity
  • Age >18 years of age
  • English speaking patients

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to provide informed written consent
  • Refusal to participate in all study-related procedures
  • Patients not fluent in English
  • Patients with current or history of serious peripartum complications and/or events - such as DVT, PE, peripartum cardiomyopathy, etc. (in which the patient may have received more than standard clinical counseling)
  • Patient with comorbidities that potentially require anticoagulation i.e. coagulopathies and may be more prone to DVTs
  • Patients with uncorrected visual or hearing impairment
  • Healthcare providers (in which patients will have significant background knowledge)

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) of a post delivery complication first.

other: Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) of a post delivery complication first

Interventions

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix A) of a post delivery complication first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) first

Participant will view a visual aid picture (appendix B) of a post delivery complication first

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants who recognize deep vein thrombosis, [ Time Frame: 1 Day ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Paul C Fitzgerald, RN,BSN,MS

3126951064p-fitzgerald2@northwestern.edu

Locations

Northwestern Medicine

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614

Contacts

Pauli C Fitzgerald, RN,BSN,MS

3126951064p-fitzgerald2@northwestern.edu

Principal Investigator:

Kaitlyn Neumann, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Northwestern University

Last update posted

Jun 10, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

  • Pregnancy
  • Postpartum
  • nulliparus

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northwestern University on 2026-06-10.