Duan Beibei, Liu Zhe, Liu Weiwei, Gou Baohua
School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Beijing Youyi Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
JMIR Form Res. 2022 Jul 8;6(7):e36392. doi: 10.2196/36392.
Early prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can reduce the incidence of not only GDM, but also adverse perinatal pregnancy outcomes. Moreover, it is of great significance to prevent or reduce the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Mobile health (mHealth) apps can help pregnant women effectively prevent GDM by providing risk prediction, lifestyle support, peer support, professional support, and other functions. Before designing mHealth apps, developers must understand the views and needs of pregnant women, and closely combine users' needs to develop app functions, in order to better improve user experience and increase the usage rate of these apps in the future.
The objective of this study was to understand the views of the high-risk population of gestational diabetes mellitus on the development of mobile health apps and the demand for app functions, so as to provide a basis for the development of gestational diabetes mellitus prevention apps.
Fifteen pregnant women with at least one risk factor for gestational diabetes were recruited from July to September 2021, and were interviewed via a semistructured interview using the purpose sampling method. The transcribed data were analyzed by the traditional content analysis method, and themes were extracted.
Respondents wanted to develop user-friendly and fully functional mobile apps for the prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus. Pregnant women's requirements for app function development include: personalized customization, accurate information support, interactive design, practical tool support, visual presentation, convenient professional support, peer support, reasonable reminder function, appropriate maternal and infant auxiliary function, and differentiated incentive function.These function settings can encourage pregnant women to improve or maintain healthy living habits during their use of the app.
This study discusses the functional requirements of target users for gestational diabetes mellitus prevention apps, which can provide reference for the development of future applications.
早期预防妊娠期糖尿病（GDM）不仅可以降低GDM的发病率，还能减少不良围产期妊娠结局的发生。此外，预防或减少2型糖尿病的发生也具有重要意义。移动健康（mHealth）应用程序可以通过提供风险预测、生活方式支持、同伴支持、专业支持等功能，帮助孕妇有效预防GDM。在设计mHealth应用程序之前，开发者必须了解孕妇的观点和需求，并紧密结合用户需求开发应用程序功能，以便更好地提升用户体验并提高这些应用程序未来的使用率。
本研究旨在了解妊娠期糖尿病高危人群对移动健康应用程序开发的看法以及对应用程序功能的需求，为开发预防妊娠期糖尿病的应用程序提供依据。
采用目的抽样法，于2021年7月至9月招募了15名至少具有一项妊娠期糖尿病风险因素的孕妇，并通过半结构化访谈进行了访谈。采用传统内容分析法对转录数据进行分析，并提取主题。
受访者希望开发用户友好且功能齐全的预防妊娠期糖尿病的移动应用程序。孕妇对应用程序功能开发的要求包括：个性化定制、准确的信息支持、交互式设计、实用工具支持、可视化呈现、便捷的专业支持、同伴支持、合理的提醒功能、适当的母婴辅助功能以及差异化激励功能。这些功能设置可以鼓励孕妇在使用应用程序期间改善或保持健康的生活习惯。
本研究探讨了目标用户对预防妊娠期糖尿病应用程序的功能需求，可为未来应用程序的开发提供参考。
