ArticleMaternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)2026
Assessment of the Adequacy of Prenatal Care With Different Evaluation Indices Using Maternal and Fetal Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Article in Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of different evaluation indices in assessing adequate prenatal care (PNC) in relation to maternal and fetal outcomes. Methods: A secondary data analysis of multiple cross-sectional surveys of 221,381 new mothers (weighted estimate 10,932,150) from Phase 8 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System between 2016 and 2021. PNC adequacy was assessed using the Kessner, Kotelchuck, and Michigan Plan for Appropriate Tailored Healthcare in Pregnancy (MiPATH) indices. Descriptive, bi-variate, and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the impact of each index on maternal and fetal outcomes, with the level of statistical significance set at Results: The prevalence of adequate PNC using the Kessner, Kotelchuck, and MiPATH indices was 74.1% (7,675,029/10,361,625), 77.1% (8,218,603/10,664,993) and 20.1% (2,131,242/10,597,981), respectively. Women with adequate PNC, according to all three indices, showed lower rates of adverse fetal and maternal outcomes. Each index was significantly associated with fetal outcomes (neonatal infant care unit admission, small for gestational age, and preterm birth) and mode of delivery ( Conclusion: While all indices effectively assessed adequate PNC, the MiPATH index proved to be the most effective, considering its criteria for flexibility and individualized care, along with its association with improved fetal and maternal outcomes among women with adequate PNC.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.