Participants' Engagement and Satisfaction With a Smartphone App Intended to Support Healthy Weight Gain, Diet, and Physical Activity During Pregnancy: Qualitative Study Within the HealthyMoms Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is common and associated with negative health outcomes for both mother and child. Mobile health-delivered lifestyle interventions offer the potential to mitigate excessive GWG. The effectiveness of a smartphone app (HealthyMoms) was recently evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. To explore the users' experiences of using the app, a qualitative study within the HealthyMoms trial was performed.

Objective

This qualitative study explored participants' engagement and satisfaction with the 6-month usage of the HealthyMoms app.

Methods

A total of 19 women (mean age: 31.7, SD 4.4 years; mean BMI: 24.6, SD 3.4 kg/m²; university degree attainment: 13/19, 68%; primiparous: 11/19, 58%) who received the HealthyMom

SUBMITTER: Sandborg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7980113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature