Pregnant women's interest in a website or mobile application for healthy gestational weight gain
Molly E Waring, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Rui S Xiao, Lisa M Lombardini, Jeroan J Allison, Milagros C Rosal, Sherry L Pagoto, Molly E Waring, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Rui S Xiao, Lisa M Lombardini, Jeroan J Allison, Milagros C Rosal, Sherry L Pagoto
Abstract
We examined pregnant women's interest in using a website or mobile application to help them gain a healthy amount of weight during pregnancy. Pregnant women (N = 64) completed a short questionnaire during routine prenatal care at hospital-based obstetric clinics in central Massachusetts during April-August 2012. Eighty-six percent reported interest in using a website or mobile application to help them gain a healthy amount of weight; interest ranged from 67% to 100% across demographics, clinical characteristics, and technology use. The Internet is a promising modality for delivering interventions to prevent excessive gestational weight gain and associated maternal and child health consequences.
Keywords: Information seeking; Internet; Mhealth; Pregnancy; Weight gain.
Conflict of interest statement
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Dr. Pagoto is on the advisory board of Empower Fitness and has a contract with Sears FitStudio.
The authors have no other conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Source: PubMed