ArticleWomen's health (London, England)
Pregnancy mobile app use: A survey of health information practices and quality awareness among pregnant women in Australia.
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- The Paradox of Digital Monitoring: A Cross-Sectional Study of mHealth Adoption and Its Association with Psychological Distress Among Pregnant Women in Romania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The effect of mobile applications used during pregnancy on prenatal distress and attachment.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Beyond the interface: benchmarking pediatric mobile health applications for monitoring child growth using the Mobile App Rating Scale.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- User experience with pregnancy tracker mobile apps: Findings from comment-based qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth-related mobile applications (apps) have the potential to improve health knowledge and promote healthy behaviours during pregnancy. Pregnancy apps are popular and extensively used by consumers.
objectiveThis study investigates the usage patterns, decision-making criteria and concerns regarding the quality and credibility of health-related information within pregnancy mobile applications. The aim of this study is to understand consumer perspectives to potentially contribute to guidelines for apps containing health-related information.
designA cross-sectional study, utilising an online questionnaire for data collection.
methodsThe study surveyed pregnant women in Australia who were recruited via online platforms, including social media and paid Facebook ads. Participants completed a 29-item questionnaire assessing their use of pregnancy apps, sources of health information and perceptions of app quality and safety, with data collected and analysed using the Qualtrics platform and SPSS Statistics.
resultsThe survey was survey completed by 427 current-or-recently pregnant individuals, aged 18 or over and located in Australia. Overall, 62.3% were currently pregnant and 37.7% were recently pregnant, within 6 months. Medical practitioners were the primary source of pregnancy-related health information, and pregnancy apps were the third most common source. Pregnancy apps were considered to be a trustworthy source of information by 63.8% of respondents and the majority used apps during pregnancy (94.2%). Of those who used pregnancy apps (
conclusionsThese findings highlight a need to promote the critical assessment of health information within pregnancy apps and to develop resources to support consumers in doing so.
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