Health Information Management Research Centre, Department of Health Information Management & Technology, School of Allied Health Professions, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2023 Apr 26;23(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12911-023-02172-w.
This study aimed to examine the current use of mobile phones by pregnant women and their attitudes towards the use of a variety of prenatal care services through mHealth.
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Iran in 2021. The study population included 168 pregnant women who referred to specialist obstetrics and gynecology clinic. The data collection tool was a questionnaire that included the demographics of the participants, their current mobile phone usage, and their attitudes toward mobile phone use for prenatal care services. The data were analyzed in SPSS with descriptive and analytical statistics.
The majority of participants (84.2%) had a smartphone and access to mobile internet. More than half of the respondents (58.9%) used their mobile phone for (only) phone calls, and 36.7% occasionally used mobile internet to access prenatal care services. To get information about the pregnancy and to communicate with other pregnant women, the participants mainly used social media, and to get reminders, they preferred phone calls.
In this study, pregnant women have a positive attitude towards using mobile phones for obtaining health services and prefer social media to seek prenatal care services. There seems to be a need for pregnant women to have high levels of digital health literacy and be advised by healthcare providers on using this technology to access prenatal care services.
本研究旨在通过移动医疗（mHealth）来考察孕妇目前对手机的使用情况及其对各种产前护理服务的使用态度。
本研究是 2021 年在伊朗进行的一项描述性横断面研究。研究对象包括 168 名前往妇产科专家诊所就诊的孕妇。数据收集工具是一份问卷，其中包括参与者的人口统计学信息、他们目前的手机使用情况以及他们对使用手机进行产前护理服务的态度。数据采用 SPSS 进行描述性和分析性统计分析。
大多数参与者（84.2%）拥有智能手机并能够访问移动互联网。超过一半的受访者（58.9%）仅使用手机进行电话通话，36.7%偶尔使用移动互联网访问产前护理服务。为了获取有关怀孕的信息并与其他孕妇交流，参与者主要使用社交媒体，为了获取提醒，他们更喜欢电话通话。
在这项研究中，孕妇对使用手机获取健康服务持积极态度，并更喜欢使用社交媒体寻求产前护理服务。孕妇似乎需要具备较高的数字健康素养，并由医疗保健提供者就使用该技术获取产前护理服务提供建议。
