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Prenatal mobile applications reported in the scientific literature: a scoping review
Arlane Silva Carvalho Chaves1, Jhonata Gabriel Moura Silva2, Layane Mota de Souza de Jesus1
1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To map the prenatal mobile applications described and/or evaluated in the scientific literature.
Method:
Scoping review, based on JBI recommendations, with a time frame from 2017 to 2022. The searches were carried out in October/2023 in the following databases/portals: Lilacs via BVS, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Scopus, CINAHL, and the Thesis and Dissertation Bank of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).
Results:
Forty-nine studies were analyzed, including 45 articles, three dissertations and one thesis, published in Portuguese and English. The applications are intended for health education/self-care (46.9%), clinical monitoring (28.5%), for use by health professionals (16.3%), research/data collection (6.1%) and professional education (2%).
Conclusion:
The applications described and/or evaluated in the studies are diverse in their purposes and public and confirm the inclusion of mobile technology in the care and health monitoring of pregnant women.
