ArticleJAMIA open2021
Goals, life events, and transitions: examining fertility apps for holistic health tracking.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Implications of digital fertility tracking for clinical care: a qualitative systematic review.Reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Motivations for Use, User Experience and Quality of Reproductive Health Mobile Applications in a Pre-Menopausal User Base: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Trends, outcomes and knowledge gaps in mobile apps for reproductive endocrinology and infertility: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Menopause Legacies: Designing to Record and Share Experiences of Menopause Across Generations.Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction · 2024Article
- Establishing a Gold Standard for Quantitative Menstrual Cycle Monitoring.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Menstrual Tracking Mobile App Review by Consumers and Health Care Providers: Quality Evaluations Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Review
- Light Microscopy and Proteomic Patterns of Ovulation in Cervical Mucus.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Women's Health and Family Planning.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Investigating the Interoperable Health App Ecosystem at the Start of the 21st Century Cures Act.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveFertility is becoming increasingly supported by consumer health technologies, especially mobile apps that support self-tracking activities. However, it is not clear whether the apps support the variety of goals and life events of those who menstruate, especially during transitions between them.
methodsThirty-one of the most popular fertility apps were evaluated, analyzing data from three sources: the content of app store pages, app features, and user reviews.
findingsResults suggest that fertility apps are designed to support specific life goals of people who menstruate, offering several data collection features and limited feedback options. However, users often desire holistic tracking that encompasses a variety of goals, life events, and the transitions among them. DISCUSSION: These findings suggest fertility patients can benefit more from holistic self-tracking and provide insights for future design of consumer health technologies that better support holistic fertility tracking.
conclusionFertility apps have the potential to support varied experiences of people who menstruate. But to achieve that, apps need to expand their support by offering ways for more users to perform holistic, personalized, and personally meaningful tracking, so they can derive long-term benefit from the data they collect.
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