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Effect of smartphone app-based health care intervention for health management of high-risk mothers: a study protocol
Bora Kim1,2,3, Jong Youn Moon4,5,6, Jae Yong Shin7
1Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Background:
The 4th Industrial Revolution with the advent of the smart era, in which artificial intelligence, such as big data analysis and machine learning, is expected, and the provision of healthcare services using smartphones has become a reality. In particular, high-risk mothers who experience gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, and prenatal and postpartum depression are highly likely to have adverse effects on the mother and newborn due to the disease. Therefore, continuous observation and intervention in health management are needed to prevent diseases and promote healthy behavior for a healthy life.
Methods:
This randomized controlled trial will provide mothers 18 years of age or older with health care information collected based on evidence-based literature data using a smartphone app for 6 weeks. About 500 mothers will be selected in consideration of the dropout rate due to the characteristics of mothers. The study group and control group will be computer-generated in a 1:1 ratio through random assignment. The research group will receive health management items through the app, and health management information suitable for the pregnancy cycle is pushed to an alarm. The control group will receive the health management information of the paper. We also followed the procedure for developing mobile apps using the IDEAS framework.
Discussion:
These results show the effectiveness of smart medical healthcare services and promote changes in health behaviors throughout pregnancy in high-risk mothers.
Trial Registration:
Clinical trial registration information for this study has been registered with WHO ICTRP and CRIS (Korea Clinical Research Information Service, CRIS). Clinical trial registration information is as follows: Study of development of integrated smart health management service for the whole life cycle of high-risk mothers and newborns based on community, KCT0007193 . Registered on April 14, 2022, prospectively registered. This protocol version is Version 1.0. April 14, 2022.
