Trial reportPloS one2011
Fetal movement counting improved identification of fetal growth restriction and perinatal outcomes--a multi-centre, randomized, controlled trial.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fetal movement counting for assessment of fetal wellbeing.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
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- A randomised controlled trial comparing standard or intensive management of reduced fetal movements after 36 weeks gestation--a feasibility study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Trial
- Correlation between perinatal abnormalities and decreased fetal movement as counted by a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder: A prospective cohort study.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
- Early-Stage Prototype Assessment of Cost-Effective Non-Intrusive Wearable Device for Instant Home Fetal Movement and Distress Detection: A Pilot Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Pregnancy outcomes in correlation with placental histopathology in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction with vs. without reduced fetal movements.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Fetal Wellbeing Monitoring: A Review Article.Cureus · 2022Review
- The effect of formal fetal movement counting on maternal psychological outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of midwifery · 2022Review
- The prevalence and risk factors of depression in prenatal and postnatal women in China with the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- FIGO (international Federation of Gynecology and obstetrics) initiative on fetal growth: best practice advice for screening, diagnosis, and management of fetal growth restriction.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021Article
- Novel non-invasive in-house fabricated wearable system with a hybrid algorithm for fetal movement recognition.PloS one · 2021Article
- Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Reduced Fetal Movements and Perinatal Mortality.Materia socio-medica · 2020Review
- My Baby's Movements: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to raise maternal awareness of fetal movements during pregnancy study protocol.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Increased labor induction and women presenting with decreased or altered fetal movements - a population-based survey.PloS one · 2019Article
- Perinatal outcomes of reduced fetal movements: a cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Wavelet principal component analysis of fetal movement counting data preceding hospital examinations due to decreased fetal movement: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Article
- Temporal patterns in count-to-ten fetal movement charts and their associations with pregnancy characteristics: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2012Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundFetal movement counting is a method used by the mother to quantify her baby's movements, and may prevent adverse pregnancy outcome by a timely evaluation of fetal health when the woman reports decreased fetal movements. We aimed to assess effects of fetal movement counting on identification of fetal pathology and pregnancy outcome. METHODOLOGY: In a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial, 1076 pregnant women with singleton pregnancies from an unselected population were assigned to either perform fetal movement counting from gestational week 28, or to receive standard antenatal care not including fetal movement counting (controls). Women were recruited from nine Norwegian hospitals during September 2007 through November 2009. Main outcome was a compound measure of fetal pathology and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Analysis was performed by intention-to-treat. PRINCIPAL
findingsThe frequency of the main outcome was equal in the groups; 63 of 433 (11.6%) in the intervention group, versus 53 of 532 (10.7%) in the control group [RR: 1.1 95% CI 0.7-1.5)]. The growth-restricted fetuses were more often identified prior to birth in the intervention group than in the control group; 20 of 23 fetuses (87.0%) versus 12 of 20 fetuses (60.0%), respectively, [RR: 1.5 (95% CI 1.0-2.1)]. In the intervention group two babies (0.4%) had Apgar scores <4 at 1 minute, versus 12 (2.3%) in the control group [RR: 0.2 (95% CI 0.04-0.7)]. The frequency of consultations for decreased fetal movement was 71 (13.1%) and 57 (10.7%) in the intervention and control groups, respectively [RR: 1.2 (95% CI 0.9-1.7)]. The frequency of interventions was similar in the groups.
conclusionsMaternal ability to detect clinically important changes in fetal activity seemed to be improved by fetal movement counting; there was an increased identification of fetal growth restriction and improved perinatal outcome, without inducing more consultations or obstetric interventions.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.govNCT00513942.
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