ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Feasibility and Acceptance of Self-Guided Mobile Ultrasound among Pregnant Women in Routine Prenatal Care.
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- Teleultrasound in obstetrics: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The Potential of Tele-Ultrasound, Handheld and Self-Operated Ultrasound in Pregnancy Care: A Systematic Review.Prenatal diagnosis · 2025Pooled it
- Remote maternal-fetal telemedicine monitoring for high-risk pregnancy care: A feasibility study.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Self-administered tele-ultrasound in fetal telemonitoring: Prospective study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Observational
- Home Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Pregnancy: Patient Experience and Acceptance in the Era of Digital Prenatal Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Advances and Challenges of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers in Medical Imaging.Micromachines · 2026Review
- Retrospective cohort of prenatal home ultrasound utilization and maternal-neonatal outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Fetal Heart Rate and Amniotic Fluid Volume Measurements with a Home Ultrasound Device.American journal of perinatology · 2025Article
- Identifying enablers and barriers to teleultrasound use for remote settings: A scoping review.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2025Review
- Using smart devices for prenatal care: Assessing the willingness among women with pregnancy-related anxiety.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesMobile and remote ultrasound devices are becoming increasingly available. The benefits and possible risks of self-guided ultrasound examinations conducted by pregnant women at home have not yet been well explored. This study investigated aspects of feasibility and acceptance, as well as the success rates of such examinations.
methodsIn this prospective, single-center, interventional study, forty-six women with singleton pregnancies between 17 + 0 and 29 + 6 weeks of gestation were included in two cohorts, using two different mobile ultrasound systems. The participants examined the fetal heartbeat, fetal profile and amniotic fluid. Aspects of feasibility and acceptance were evaluated using a questionnaire. Success rates in relation to image and video quality were evaluated by healthcare professionals.
resultsTwo thirds of the women were able to imagine performing the self-guided examination at home, but 87.0% would prefer live support by a professional. Concerns about their own safety and that of the child were expressed by 23.9% of the women. Success rates for locating the target structure were 52.2% for videos of the fetal heartbeat, 52.2% for videos of the amniotic fluid in all four quadrants and 17.9% for videos of the fetal profile.
conclusionThese results show wide acceptance of self-examination using mobile systems for fetal ultrasonography during pregnancy. Image quality was adequate for assessing the amniotic fluid and fetal heartbeat in most participants. Further studies are needed to determine whether ultrasound self-examinations can be implemented in prenatal care and how this would affect the fetomaternal outcome.
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