A survey of Australian women's digital media usage in pregnancy and labour and birth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the rapid growth of digital media resources, it is worth exploring childbearing women's use of digital media to address their information needs. The aim of this study was to explore the use of digital media during pregnancy and birth in the local population of Western Victorian women in Melbourne, Australia.

Methods

A descriptive exploratory approach was used. An online survey consisted of both quantitative and qualitative questions to identify and measure digital media use in pregnancy and the birthing period. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Chi-square test were used to analyse the quantitative data, while content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data.

Results

Digital media has become an integral part of the experience in pregnancy wit

SUBMITTER: Hussain IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10517456 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature