An Assessment of Mobile Applications Designed to Address Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

ABSTRACT: Only 15% of women meet physical activity guidelines during and after pregnancy despite the well-established positive impacts on both the mother and the neonate. There is a clear lack of guidance on this topic, and mobile health interventions are a promising direction for future interventions to facilitate a necessary increase in physical activity during pregnancy and postpartum. The purpose of the study was to objectively assess the quality and perceived impact of existing free mobile apps that are designed to cover physical activity during and after pregnancy. The Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) was used by two independent reviewers to determine overall quality of mobile apps freely available in the U.S. iTunes store. The initial search for pregnancy and postpartum physical activit

SUBMITTER: Tinius RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8136604 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature