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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: There were no significant differences among the groups in the incidence of birth at less than 35 weeks (14 percent in the weekly-contact group, 13 percent in the daily-contact group, and 14 percent in the home-monitoring group), in the mean amount of cervical dilatation at the time preterm labor was diagnosed (1. 8 cm, 1. 5 cm, and 1. 4 cm, respectively), or in such neonatal outcomes as birth weights of less than 1500 g or less than 2500 g. However, daily contact with a nurse increased the mean number of unscheduled visits to obstetricians (1. 2 in the weekly-contact group, 1. 8 in the daily-contact group, and 2. 3 in the home-monitoring group) and the proportion of women who received prophylactic tocolytic drugs (12 percent, 14 percent, and 19 percent, respectively).