App-based intervention for parents of children with crying, sleeping, and feeding problems: Usability, usefulness and implications for improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of evidence-based app guidance for parents of children with crying, sleeping, and feeding problems who are often highly burdened and not likely to seek professional help. A new psychoeducational app for parents providing scientifically sound information via text and videos, a diary function, selfcare strategies, a chat forum and a regional directory of specialized counseling centers may serve as a low-threshold intervention for this target group.

Objective

We investigated how parents perceived the app in terms of the following: (1) overall impression and usability, (2) feedback on specific app functions regarding usefulness and (3) possible future improvements.

Methods

Our clinical sample of N = 137 parents of children aged from 0 to

SUBMITTER: Augustin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10784306 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature