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A Chilean survey of perinatal women and health care professionals’ views towards perinatal apps

BACKGROUND: Women around the globe are increasingly engaging with pregnancy and parenting apps, almost becoming a routine part of the maternity experience. However, little is known about what perinatal women and health care professionals feel about those apps in Latin American countries, where the d...

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Autores principales: Franco, Pamela, Olhaberry, Marcia, Kelders, Saskia, Muzard, Antonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760788
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-22-37
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author Franco, Pamela
Olhaberry, Marcia
Kelders, Saskia
Muzard, Antonia
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Kelders, Saskia
Muzard, Antonia
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description BACKGROUND: Women around the globe are increasingly engaging with pregnancy and parenting apps, almost becoming a routine part of the maternity experience. However, little is known about what perinatal women and health care professionals feel about those apps in Latin American countries, where the digital transformation has been slower but where digital technologies could also bridge gaps in access to quality health care. METHODS: This study aimed to assess views towards pregnancy and parenting apps in perinatal women and perinatal health care professionals in Chile through an online survey. In perinatal women, we explored app use, what they value in the apps they use, and what an “ideal app” would be for them. In health professionals, we explored opinions about women using perinatal apps and what they think a perfect app for their clients would be. RESULTS: The survey was completed by 451 perinatal women and 54 perinatal health care professionals. Results show that perinatal women in Chile frequently use perinatal apps, and they and health care professionals show a positive attitude towards them. The most valued attributes are information and monitoring of body changes during pregnancy, information and monitoring of the baby’s development (in the uterus and after birth), information and tips on how to stay healthy, and having the possibility to interact with other women. CONCLUSIONS: Perinatal apps are accepted by perinatal women and health care professionals in Chile. Some needs for an “ideal app” emerged. Participants mentioned the need to address mental health, including the mental health of their partner, and the need for support during the transition to parenthood.
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spelling pubmed-99022372023-02-08 A Chilean survey of perinatal women and health care professionals’ views towards perinatal apps Franco, Pamela Olhaberry, Marcia Kelders, Saskia Muzard, Antonia Mhealth Original Article BACKGROUND: Women around the globe are increasingly engaging with pregnancy and parenting apps, almost becoming a routine part of the maternity experience. However, little is known about what perinatal women and health care professionals feel about those apps in Latin American countries, where the digital transformation has been slower but where digital technologies could also bridge gaps in access to quality health care. METHODS: This study aimed to assess views towards pregnancy and parenting apps in perinatal women and perinatal health care professionals in Chile through an online survey. In perinatal women, we explored app use, what they value in the apps they use, and what an “ideal app” would be for them. In health professionals, we explored opinions about women using perinatal apps and what they think a perfect app for their clients would be. RESULTS: The survey was completed by 451 perinatal women and 54 perinatal health care professionals. Results show that perinatal women in Chile frequently use perinatal apps, and they and health care professionals show a positive attitude towards them. The most valued attributes are information and monitoring of body changes during pregnancy, information and monitoring of the baby’s development (in the uterus and after birth), information and tips on how to stay healthy, and having the possibility to interact with other women. CONCLUSIONS: Perinatal apps are accepted by perinatal women and health care professionals in Chile. Some needs for an “ideal app” emerged. Participants mentioned the need to address mental health, including the mental health of their partner, and the need for support during the transition to parenthood. AME Publishing Company 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9902237/ /pubmed/36760788 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-22-37 Text en 2023 mHealth. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Open Access Statement: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits the non-commercial replication and distribution of the article with the strict proviso that no changes or edits are made and the original work is properly cited (including links to both the formal publication through the relevant DOI and the license). See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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