Maternal early warning scores shown to be methodologically weak and at high risk of bias
There is a lack of MOEWSs developed using methods that follow recommended statistical guidelines. Substantial problems with the methodological quality of included development and validation studies, along with high risk of bias,indicating published scores could perform poorly or be potentially harmful if used in clinical practice. Future work should address handling missing data and repeated measures and consider how an MOEWS will perform in different populations and key subgroups.
Authors
- R. Tunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1187-1808)
- Peter Watkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-3927)
- Vidoushee Jogarah
- Mae Chester‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-5866)
- Stephen Gerry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4654-7311)
- Professor Gary S. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-2316)
- Marian Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1984-4575)
- Shona Kirtley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7801-5777)
- Yu Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7874-639X)
- Fema Er
- Naomi Vides
Institutions
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111833
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research