Miner Skye A, Gelgoot Eden N, Lahuec Alix, Wunderlich Samantha, Safo Darryl, Brochu Felicia, Dawadi Shrinkhala, Robins Stephanie, Bernadette Siobhan, O'Connell Laura, Chan Peter, Ells Carolyn, Holzer Hananel, Lo Kirk, Mahutte Neal, Ouhilal Sophia, Rosberger Zeev, Tulandi Togas, Zelkowitz Phyllis
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
Department of Sociology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Digit Health. 2022 May 22;8:20552076221102248. doi: 10.1177/20552076221102248. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
The number of couples experiencing infertility treatment has increased, as has the number of women and men experiencing infertility treatment-related stress and anxiety. Therefore, there is a need to provide information and support to both men and women facing fertility concerns. To achieve this goal, we designed a mhealth app, that provided men and women with tailored medical, psychosocial, lifestyle, and legal information.
This study specifically examined how fertility factors (e.g. time in infertility treatment, parity), socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, education, immigrant status), and mental health characteristics (e.g. stress, depression, anxiety, fertility-related quality of life) were related to male and female fertility patients' patterns of use of the app.
Overall, the lifestyle section of the app was the most highly used section by both men and women. In addition, women without children and highly educated women were more likely to use No demographic, mental health or fertility characteristics were significantly associated with app use for men.
This study shows the feasibility of a mhealth app to address the psychosocial and informational needs of fertility patients.
接受不孕治疗的夫妇数量有所增加，经历与不孕治疗相关压力和焦虑的女性和男性数量也有所增加。因此，有必要为面临生育问题的男性和女性提供信息和支持。为实现这一目标，我们设计了一款移动健康应用程序，为男性和女性提供量身定制的医疗、心理社会、生活方式和法律信息。
本研究具体考察了生育因素（如不孕治疗时间、产次）、社会人口学特征（如性别、教育程度、移民身份）和心理健康特征（如压力、抑郁、焦虑、生育相关生活质量）如何与男性和女性生育患者使用该应用程序的模式相关。
总体而言，该应用程序的生活方式板块是男性和女性使用最多的板块。此外，未育女性和受过高等教育的女性更有可能使用该应用程序。没有人口统计学、心理健康或生育特征与男性使用该应用程序有显著关联。
本研究表明一款移动健康应用程序满足生育患者心理社会和信息需求的可行性。
