• Xiaoli Wang, Ying Wang, and Lin Liang.
• Department of Obstetrics, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Apr 16; 100 (15): e25435e25435.

BackgroundWhile this reduced-visit prenatal care model during the COVID-19 pandemic is well-intentioned, there is still a lack of relevant evidence to prove its effectiveness. Therefore, in order to provide new evidence-based medical evidence for clinical treatment, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of reduced-visit prenatal care model during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsThe online literature will be searched using the following combination of medical subject heading terms: "prenatal care" OR "prenatal nursing" AND "reduced-visit" OR "reduce visit" OR "virtual visit." MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science will be searched without any language restrictions. A standard data extraction form is used independently by 2 reviewers to retrieve the relevant data from the articles. The outcome measures are as following: pregnancy-related stress, satisfaction with care, quality of care. The present study will be performed by Review Manager Software (RevMan Version 5.3, The Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen, Denmark). P < .05 is set as the significance level.ResultsIt is hypothesized that reduced-visit prenatal care model will provide similar outcomes compared with traditional care model.ConclusionsThe results of our review will be reported strictly following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria and the review will add to the existing literature by showing compelling evidence and improved guidance in clinic settings.Osf Registration Number10.17605/OSF.IO/WYMB7.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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