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ArticlemHealth2019

The Bumps and BaBies Longitudinal Study (BaBBLeS): a multi-site cohort study of first-time mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app.

Toity Deave, Samuel Ginja, Trudy Goodenough, Elizabeth Bailey, Lukasz Piwek, Jane Coad, Crispin Day, Samantha Nightingale, Sally Kendall, Raghu Lingam

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Article in mHealth, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Toity DeaveCentre for Academic Child Health, Faculty of Health & Applied Sciences, University of the West of England Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Samuel GinjaSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Trudy GoodenoughCentre for Academic Child Health, Faculty of Health & Applied Sciences, University of the West of England Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Elizabeth BaileyCentre for Innovative Research Across the Life-Course (CIRAL), Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Lukasz PiwekDivision of Information, Decisions and Operations, School of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Jane CoadCentre for Innovative Research Across the Life-Course (CIRAL), Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Crispin DayKing's Health Partners, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service Research Unit, Guy's Munro Centre, London, UK.
Samantha NightingaleCentre for Innovative Research Across the Life-Course (CIRAL), Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Sally KendallCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Raghu LingamSchool of Women's & Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Coventry University · GBUniversity of the West of England · GBKings Health Partners · GBUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Kent · GBUniversity of Ulster · GBUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealth mobile applications (apps) have become very popular, including apps specifically designed to support women during the ante- and post-natal periods. However, there is currently limited evidence for the effectiveness of such apps at improving pregnancy and parenting outcomes. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a pregnancy and parenting app, Baby Buddy, in improving maternal self-efficacy at 3 months post-birth.

methodsParticipants were 16 years old or over, first-time mothers, 12-16 weeks gestation, recruited by midwives from five English study sites. The Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) (primary outcome) was used to compare mothers at 3 months post-birth who had downloaded the Baby Buddy app with those who had not downloaded the app, controlling for confounding factors.

resultsFour hundred and eighty-eight participants provided valid data at baseline (12-16 weeks gestation), 296 participants provided valid data at 3 months post-birth, 114 (38.5%) of whom reported that they had used the Baby Buddy app. Baby Buddy app users were more likely to use pregnancy or parenting apps (80.7%

conclusionsThis study is one of few, to date, that has investigated the effectiveness of a pregnancy and early parenthood app. No evidence for the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app was found. New technologies can enhance traditional healthcare services and empower users to take more control over their healthcare but app effectiveness needs to be assessed. Further work is needed to consider: (I) how we can best use this new technology to deliver better health outcomes for health service users and, (II) methodological issues of evaluating digital health interventions.

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Baby BuddyEvaluationfirst-time parentsmaternal well-beingself-efficacy

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PMID31620469
PMCPMC6789295
OpenAlexW2975802132

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