biostudies-literatureEspinosa Cifuentes MCarlos III National Health InstituteEuropean Regional Development Funde055031https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9438065biostudies-literatureUnknown12(9)<h4>Introduction</h4>EHealth can help health service users take a more active role in decision-making and help health professionals guide the patient in this process. A digital tool has been designed to support maternal education (ME), and it is organised into four areas: (1) information, (2) communication, (3) health self-management and (4) clinical data. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the EMAeHealth digital tool, and assess its usability and acceptability under routine conditions.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>Hybrid implementation-effectiveness design: (1) A cluster randomised, prospective, longitudinal, multicentre clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of EMAeHealth in (A) improving health-related quality of life (primary outcome), (B) improvinBMJ openEMAeHealth, a digital tool for the self-management of women's health needs during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium: protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.PMC9438065PI20/00899Villanueva GMaquibar AAmorrortu PEstalella IMoreno DTrincado MJGarcia-Alvarez ABully-Garay Pema-Q GroupPaz-Pascual CArtieta-Pinedo ISanchez JFernandez AMulas MJGagnon MPLozano GBlas MPerez CLegarra CAlvarez SEspinosa Cifuentes MCabeza IfalseEMAeHealth, a digital tool for the self-management of women's health needs during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium: protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.<h4>Introduction</h4>EHealth can help health service users take a more active role in decision-making and help health professionals guide the patient in this process. A digital tool has been designed to support maternal education (ME), and it is organised into four areas: (1) information, (2) communication, (3) health self-management and (4) clinical data. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the EMAeHealth digital tool, and assess its usability and acceptability under routine conditions.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>Hybrid implementation-effectiveness design: (1) A cluster randomised, prospective, longitudinal, multicentre clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of EMAeHealth in (A) improving health-related quality of life (primary outcome), (B) improvin2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Sep2026-05-28T01:08:09.679Z2025-04-22T17:58:20.235ZS-EPMC94380653657581710.1136/bmjopen-2021-055031