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• Problem or issue Few pregnant women are sufficiently active despite international evidence-based guidelines for prenatal physical activity. • What is already known Lack of information and advice from healthcare providers (including midwives) have been identified as a barrier to prenatal physical activity. Healthcare providers rarely fulfilled their role in providing prenatal physical activity support. The mode of communication used to support individuals in adopting active behaviour is of importance; a bidirectional mode of communication should be prioritized as it involves discussion. • What this paper adds When it comes to provide prenatal physical activity support, midwives use most often an unidirectional mode of communication instead of bidirectional. provide most often general recommendations. Despite the well-known benefits of prenatal physical activity for the health of both the mother and her future child, and the existence of international Guidelines for prenatal physical activity, few pregnant women are sufficiently active. Prenatal health care providers, notably midwives, play an important role in promoting prenatal physical activity. Unfortunately, they face several challenges that hinder strategies used to support prenatal physical activity to their clients. The mode of communication used when giving advice and counselling is part of these strategies, as is the content of the information provided. However, little is known about how midwives communicate with their clients when it comes to recommendations about prenatal physical activity, whether it is general or specific recommendations, and about personal factors that may influence their recommendations. To present a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature on strategies used by midwives to support prenatal physical activity to their clients, focusing on the mode of communication used, the content of the recommendation provided, as well as personal factors that can influence their recommendations. A scoping review was conducted to retrieve original research articles on strategies used by midwives to support prenatal physical activity, published up to May 2023 and available in English and French. The search databases included CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus, PubMed, Psychology and behavioural Sciences Collection, and APA PsycINFO. Studies that fulfilled the eligibility criteria were selected for data extraction. The main findings were organized by the mode of communication used (unidirectional and bidirectional) and the type of recommendation provided (general versus specific). Midwives' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards prenatal physical activity were also extracted. A total of 1 307 articles were retrieved and 19 were included. The use of unidirectional mode of communication was identified in 64 %, 64 % and 14 % of the studies when it comes to provide general recommendations, specific recommendations and information on safety, respectively. The use of bidirectional mode of communication was identified in 43 %, 21 % and 7 % of the studies when it comes to provide general recommendations, specific recommendations and information on safety, respectively. Midwives had knowledge gaps about prenatal physical activity, their beliefs were not always aligned with the most recent recommendations, and they sometimes feel vulnerable in the way they support physical activity. However, they expressed the desire to improve the support they are providing. Results of this study highlight that when it comes to support prenatal physical activity, the unidirectional mode of communication is the most often used by midwives. Unfortunately, it is not considered effective as it does not allow discussing and explaining the information provided. Moreover, midwives exhibited some knowledge gaps about prenatal physical activity. Future work will be needed to better understand their challenges and needs in order to improve their initial training and clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telemetry monitoring (conventional cardiac monitoring system [CCMS]) is a universal method for postoperative arrhythmia detection; however, the clinical challenge of alarm fatigue, primarily associated with noise or cable disconnections, persists. The introduction of wireless continuous cardiac monitoring (WCCM) represents a potential solution to enhance recording fidelity. Patients were simultaneously outfitted with both a monitoring device considered the standard of care and a novel adhesive wireless patch. A 48-h cardiac monitoring session with the two devices occurred after cardiac surgery in a unit equipped with a telemetry system. A total of 53 patients with a mean age of 60 ± 17 years were included in the trial. The number of events detected by the two systems was significantly different at 190 versus 174 for the CCMS and the WCCM system, respectively ( P < .05). However, the percentage of agreement was not significantly different at 91% versus 88% ( P = .37). Events were classified as follows: pause (2 events, 1%), atrial or premature ventricular contractions (18 events, 11%), atrial flutter or fibrillation (76 events, 45%), bradycardia (12 events, 7%), and tachycardia (61 events, 36%). False alarms were significantly more frequent with the CCMS (n = 21) than with the WCCM system (n = 5; P = .002). The study successfully demonstrated the feasibility and usability of wireless monitoring for patients requiring telemetry. The overall results are compelling, as the WCCM system performed satisfactorily, achieving results comparable to those obtained with the CCMS, even with significantly fewer false alarms., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest for the published content. No funding information was provided., (Copyright: © 2024 Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management.)