Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 Sep;54(9):835-843. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.03.012. Epub 2022 May 26.
Examine the extent to which postpartum patients use infant feeding tracker applications (apps), characteristics of app users, and app features most used and desired.
Cross-sectional survey.
An obstetrics/gynecology practice in Northern New Jersey in 2019.
One hundred twenty-six patients aged ≥ 18 years recruited during their 6-week postpartum visit.
Self-reported sociodemographics, infant feeding behaviors, and health app use. Respondents were grouped by self-reported use of an infant feeding tracker app.
Frequencies were calculated for descriptive analysis, and comparisons were made between user groups. Fisher's exact tests of independence were used to analyze categorical data. Mann-Whitney U tests were employed for continuous variables (significance at P < 0.002).
Fifty-seven percent of respondents reported using an app to track infant feeding. Compared with nonusers, users were more likely to have an infant who was ever breastfed (P = 0.001; Cramer's V = 0.30) and exclusively breastfed (P < 0.001; Cramer's V = 0.44). Users also used significantly more health apps than nonusers (P < 0.001). Most respondents used the app to track infant feeding, diapering, and sleep.
Given their frequency of use-particularly among those who breastfeed-infant feeding tracker apps have the potential to support parents in meeting their infant feeding goals.
调查产后患者使用婴儿喂养追踪应用程序（apps）的程度、应用程序用户的特征以及最常使用和期望的应用程序功能。
横断面调查。
2019 年新泽西州北部的一家妇产科诊所。
126 名年龄≥18 岁的患者在产后 6 周就诊时招募。
自我报告的社会人口统计学、婴儿喂养行为和健康应用程序使用情况。受访者根据自我报告的使用婴儿喂养追踪应用程序进行分组。
进行描述性分析计算频率，并对用户组进行比较。使用独立性 Fisher 精确检验分析分类数据。使用 Mann-Whitney U 检验分析连续变量（显著性 P < 0.002）。
57%的受访者报告使用应用程序追踪婴儿喂养。与非使用者相比，使用者更有可能让婴儿进行过母乳喂养（P = 0.001；Cramer's V = 0.30）和纯母乳喂养（P < 0.001；Cramer's V = 0.44）。使用者也比非使用者更频繁地使用健康应用程序（P < 0.001）。大多数受访者使用该应用程序来追踪婴儿喂养、换尿布和睡眠。
鉴于其使用频率高——尤其是在母乳喂养的人群中——婴儿喂养追踪应用程序有可能帮助父母实现其婴儿喂养目标。
