The Healthy Pregnancy Research Program: transforming pregnancy research through a ResearchKit app.

ABSTRACT: Although maternal morbidity and mortality in the US is among the worst of developed countries, pregnant women have been under-represented in research studies, resulting in deficiencies in evidence-based guidance for treatment. There are over two billion smartphone users worldwide, enabling researchers to easily and cheaply conduct extremely large-scale research studies through smartphone apps, especially among pregnant women in whom app use is exceptionally high, predominantly as an information conduit. We developed the first pregnancy research app that is embedded within an existing, popular pregnancy app for self-management and education of expectant mothers. Through the large-scale and simplified collection of survey and sensor generated data via the app, we aim to improve our understan

SUBMITTER: Radin JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6550256 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature