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Revista Matronas

Revista Matronas

ABRIL 2017 N° 1 Volumen 5

Assessment of health apps for pregnant women in primary care in midwifery

Section: Originales

Authors

María Isabel Fernández Aranda

Position

Matrona del Hospital Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla. Experta Universitaria en Estadística Aplicada a las Ciencias de la Salud, Nutrición en Salud Pública, Seguridad Alimentaria y Educación del Consumidor y Promoción de la Salud en la Comunidad.

Contact email: maribel.fernandez.aranda@gmail.com

Abstract

Background: health apps have become a powerful tool for pregnant women and healthcare workers, in general nursing and particularly in obstetrics, in order to get access to scientific evidence-based information. Currently, primary care midwives do not have tools to check the quality and suitability or such apps to decide whether they should be recommended for pregnant women in the pregnancy follow-up process.
Purpose: to assess and create a quality rank for the best five apps targeted to pregnant women, so that they can be recommended by healthcare workers.
Methods: a literature search was carried out to find works including or discussing classifying methods for apps on obstetric topics, issued from 2000 to 2015. Using the selected methods, the five best apps with a highest score among those specifically targeted to pregnant women sere selected.
Results: MARS method was selected to classify apps. Seventy-seven apps eligible for the study were found, and the ones with a highest score specifically targeted to pregnant women were selected. About 50% (38) showed a score higher than percentile 50 and only 10,5% (8) were higher than percentile 90.
Conclusions: all five apps selected had a medium-high quality; however, due to the chaotically changing course of Internet, regular assessments for apps should be carried out to monitor the quality criteria.

Keywords:

apps; quality improvement; questionnaires; methods

Versión en Español

Título:

Evaluación de apps sanitarias para las mujeres gestantes de Atención Primaria en la consulta de la matrona

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