Pregnant women's attitudes to and experiences with a smartphone-based self-test for prediction of pre-eclampsia: a qualitative descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore attitudes to and experiences using a smartphone-based self-test for prediction of pre-eclampsia among pregnant women.

Design

A qualitative, descriptive study.

Setting

An obstetrical care unit at a university hospital in Denmark.

Participants

Twenty women who had participated in the Salurate trial, a clinical trial testing the efficacy of a smartphone-based self-test for prediction of pre-eclampsia, were purposefully chosen for the study, using maximum variation sampling.

Data collection and analysis

Data were collected by semistructured, individual, face-to-face interviews conducted from 4 October 2018 to 8 November 2018. Data were transcribed verbatim and analysed by means of thematic analysis.

Results

Qualitative thematic a

SUBMITTER: Puschl IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230945 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature