Trial reportJMIR mHealth and uHealth2021
Participants' Engagement and Satisfaction With a Smartphone App Intended to Support Healthy Weight Gain, Diet, and Physical Activity During Pregnancy: Qualitative Study Within the HealthyMoms Trial.
Trial report in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03298555 (A Smartphone Application), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Smartphone Application (HealthyMoms) to Promote Healthy Weight Gain, Diet and Physical Activity During Pregnancy: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Insights Into How Digital Health Interventions Shape Outcomes for Emerging Adults Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Realist Process Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Six-month intervention effect of a digital movement behavior intervention on parent- and child intermediary outcomes-results from the Let's Grow randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- User engagement in relation to effectiveness of a digital lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) in pregnancy.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- The effects of a lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) during pregnancy on infant body composition: Secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial.Pediatric obesity · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a Smartphone App to Promote Healthy Weight Gain, Diet, and Physical Activity During Pregnancy (HealthyMoms): Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Comments: "Are smartphones a tool to cope with the fear of childbirth? The correlation between the fear of loss of connection and the fear of childbirth".Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
- Exploring the Mechanisms of Digital Health Technology-Driven Exercise During Pregnancy: A Realist Review.International journal of women's health · 2026Review
- User Satisfaction With Pregnancy Management Apps in Mainland China: User-Generated Content Analysis and Text Mining Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Mobile Health Adoption in High-Risk Pregnancies Using Cluster Analysis of Biopsychosocial Outcomes: Observational Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Observational
- Parental and Demographic Predictors of Engagement in an mHealth Intervention: Observational Study From the Let's Grow Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Observational
- Preadolescent Children Using Real-Time Heart Rate During Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity: A Feasibility Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Implementing an early-life nutrition intervention through primary healthcare: staff perspectives.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- The Digital Platform and Its Emerging Role in Decentralized Clinical Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- [Process evaluation of a mobile healthcare program among employees with overweight and obesity: a 12-week intervention study investigating the role of engagement].Korean journal of community nutrition · 2023Article
- App-Supported Lifestyle Interventions in Pregnancy to Manage Gestational Weight Gain and Prevent Gestational Diabetes: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Needs and demands for mHealth cardiac health promotion among individuals with cardiac diseases: a patient-centred design approach.European heart journal. Digital health · 2023Article
- GI factors, potential to predict prostate motion during radiotherapy; a scoping review.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2023Article
- Nurse-led consultations reinforced with eHealth technology: a qualitative study of the experiences of patients with gynecological cancer.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Pregnant Migrant Women and the Potential of a Digital Support Tool-A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundExcessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is common and associated with negative health outcomes for both mother and child. Mobile health-delivered lifestyle interventions offer the potential to mitigate excessive GWG. The effectiveness of a smartphone app (HealthyMoms) was recently evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. To explore the users' experiences of using the app, a qualitative study within the HealthyMoms trial was performed.
objectiveThis qualitative study explored participants' engagement and satisfaction with the 6-month usage of the HealthyMoms app.
methodsA total of 19 women (mean age: 31.7, SD 4.4 years; mean BMI: 24.6, SD 3.4 kg/m
resultsThematic analysis revealed a main theme and 2 subthemes. The main theme, "One could suit many: a multifunctional tool to strengthen women's health during pregnancy," and the 2 subthemes, "Factors within and beyond the app influence app engagement" and "Trust, knowledge, and awareness: aspects that can motivate healthy habits," illustrated that a trustworthy and appreciated health and pregnancy app that is easy to use can inspire a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy. The first subtheme discussed how factors within the app (eg, regular updates and feedback) were perceived to motivate both healthy habits and app engagement. Additionally, factors beyond the app were described to both motivate (eg, interest, motivation, and curiosity) and limit (eg, pregnancy-related complications, lack of time) app engagement. The second subtheme reflected important aspects, such as high trustworthiness of the app, increased knowledge, and awareness from using the app, which motivated participants to improve or maintain healthy habits during pregnancy.
conclusionsThe HealthyMoms app was considered a valuable and trustworthy tool to mitigate excessive GWG, with useful features and relevant information to initiate and maintain healthy habits during pregnancy.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03298555; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03298555. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR2-10.2196/13011.
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