Research Centre for Midwifery Practice, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht, Netherlands.
CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Feb 8;22(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04422-7.
Access to reliable information is critical to women's experience and wellbeing during pregnancy and childbirth. In our information-rich society, women are exposed to a wide range of information sources. The primary objective of this study was to explore women's use of information sources during pregnancy and to examine the perceived usefulness and trustworthiness of these sources.
A quantitative cross-sectional study of Dutch women's experiences with various information sources during pregnancy, including professional (e.g. healthcare system), and informal sources, divided into conventional (e.g. family or peers) and digital sources (e.g. websites or apps). Exploratory backward stepwise multiple regression was performed to identify associations between the perceived quality of information sources and personal characteristics.
A total of 1922 pregnant women were included in this study. The most commonly used information sources were midwives (91.5%), family or friends (79.3%), websites (77.9%), and apps (61%). More than 80% of women found professional information sources trustworthy and useful, while digital sources were perceived as less trustworthy and useful. Personal factors explain only a small part of the variation in the perceived quality of information sources.
Even though digital sources are perceived as less trustworthy and useful than professional and conventional sources, they are among the most commonly used sources of information for pregnant women. To meet the information needs of the contemporary generation of pregnant women it is essential that professionals help in the development of digital information sources.
可靠信息对女性在怀孕和分娩期间的体验和健康至关重要。在我们这个信息丰富的社会中，女性接触到各种各样的信息来源。本研究的主要目的是探讨女性在怀孕期间使用信息来源的情况，并考察她们对这些信息来源的有用性和可信赖性的看法。
这是一项对荷兰孕妇在怀孕期间使用各种信息来源的经验进行的定量横断面研究，包括专业（如医疗保健系统）和非专业来源，分为传统来源（如家庭或同龄人）和数字来源（如网站或应用程序）。采用探索性向后逐步多元回归分析来确定感知信息源质量与个人特征之间的关联。
共有 1922 名孕妇参与了本研究。最常使用的信息来源是助产士（91.5%）、家人或朋友（79.3%）、网站（77.9%）和应用程序（61%）。超过 80%的女性认为专业信息来源值得信赖且有用，而数字来源则被认为不太值得信赖和有用。个人因素仅能解释感知信息源质量差异的一小部分。
尽管数字来源被认为不如专业和传统来源值得信赖和有用，但它们是孕妇最常使用的信息来源之一。为了满足当代孕妇的信息需求，专业人员必须帮助开发数字信息来源。
