Qing Li, Weiying Shan
College of nursing, Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, China.
Chengde Vocational Technical Schools, Chengde, Hebei, China.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Aug 21;264:749-752. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190323.
This study aimed to explore the use and expectation of smartphone applications about pregnancy among pregnant women using a survey method. A total of five hundreds pregnant women from 3 hospitals in the city of Chengde in hebei province in China were randomly selected to conduct a questionnaire survey. The study found that 61.48% of pregnant women used at least one pregnancy apps, mainly for fetal development information (83.3%) and maternal changes information (65.3%); only 8% of pregnant women worried about the security of personal information very much. The main expected functions of pregnancy apps are prenatal examination reminder (65%) and fetal monitoring (54.7%). Also, 77.3% of pregnant women hoped that information provided pregnancy apps should be recognized by relevant authorities. It indicated that pregnancy apps in the market in China was not able to meet the needs of pregnant women and needed further improvement in future.
本研究旨在通过调查方法探讨孕妇对孕期智能手机应用程序的使用情况和期望。在中国河北省承德市的3家医院随机抽取了500名孕妇进行问卷调查。研究发现，61.48%的孕妇至少使用过一款孕期应用程序，主要用于获取胎儿发育信息（83.3%）和母体变化信息（65.3%）；只有8%的孕妇非常担心个人信息安全。孕期应用程序的主要期望功能是产前检查提醒（65%）和胎儿监测（54.7%）。此外，77.3%的孕妇希望孕期应用程序提供的信息能得到相关部门的认可。这表明中国市场上的孕期应用程序无法满足孕妇的需求，未来需要进一步改进。
