ArticleNPJ digital medicine2023
A mixed-methods study exploring women's perceptions and recommendations for a pregnancy app with monitoring tools.
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- Effectiveness of digital health in improving pregnancy quality among preconception women: A systematic review.Narra J · 2025Pooled it
- Digital versus non-digital health interventions to improve iron supplementation in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Awareness, Preferences, and Willingness to Download Pregnancy Health Management Apps Among Women in Louisiana: Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Exploring needs and priorities in digital health management for rare disease patients and their caregivers: A mixed-methods study.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Consumer and Health Care Professional Perspectives on a Digital Platform to Support Preventive Antenatal Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Mobile App Use and Pregnancy Health Literacy: Cross-Sectional Study Using Bayesian Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Toward Patient-Centric Digital Monitoring of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Transforming women's health, empowerment, and gender equality with digital health: evidence-based policy and practice.The Lancet. Digital health · 2025Review
- User experience with pregnancy tracker mobile apps: Findings from comment-based qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Black women and the preemie prep for parents (P3) program: Exploratory analysis of a clinical trial.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Understanding and Involving the Perspective of Pregnant Women as Users When Designing the Framework of e-Health and Exercise Interventions during Pregnancy: Preliminary Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Digital Health Needs and Preferences During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Parent and clinician perceptions and recommendations on a pediatric cancer pain management app: A qualitative co-design study.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
- Co-design of a voice-based app to monitor long COVID symptoms with its end-users: A mixed-method study.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Digital health tools such as apps are being increasingly used by women to access pregnancy-related information. Conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study investigated: (i) pregnant women's current usage of digital health tools to self-monitor and (ii) their interest in theoretical pregnancy app features (a direct patient-to-healthcare-professional communication tool and a body measurement tool). Using a mixed methods approach, 108 pregnant women were surveyed and 15 currently or recently pregnant women were interviewed online. We found that pregnant women used digital health tools to mainly access pregnancy related information and less so to self-monitor. Most participants were interested and enthusiastic about a patient-to-healthcare-professional communication tool. About half of the survey participants (49%) felt comfortable using a body measurement tool to monitor their body parts and 80% of interview participants were interested in using the body measurement to track leg/ankle swelling. Participants also shared additional pregnancy app features that they thought would be beneficial such as a "Digital Wallet" and a desire for a holistic pregnancy app that allowed for more continuous and personalised care. This study highlights the gaps and needs of pregnant women and should inform all stakeholders designing pregnancy digital healthcare. This study offers a unique insight into the needs of pregnant women during a very particular and unique period in human history.
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