Developing and testing a mobile application for imparting knowledge: the positive birth experience guideline to...

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Maternal Health
• Digital Health Interventions

Background:

• Midwifery training is crucial for quality childbirth care and positive birth experiences.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidelines for intrapartum care.
• Mobile applications offer a potential platform for health education and knowledge dissemination.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design a mobile application based on WHO guidelines for a positive childbirth experience (Phase One).
• To evaluate the effectiveness of this application in enhancing midwifery students' knowledge of intrapartum care recommendations (Phase Two).

Main Methods:

• A research and development methodology was used to create the
• Positive Birth Experience Application
• based on WHO intrapartum care guidelines.
• A one-group pretest-posttest design was employed with 30 midwifery students.
• Knowledge assessment and user evaluation questionnaires were administered after a one-month intervention period, with data analyzed using SPSS and Paired Samples T-test.

Main Results:

• A statistically significant increase in students' knowledge scores was observed post-intervention (P < 0.001).
• The mean knowledge score difference was 4.75 (95% CI: 3.56 to 5.93) after using the application.
• Students rated information and system quality highly, though service quality and user satisfaction scores were lower.

Conclusions:

• The developed mobile application serves as an effective educational tool for increasing students' knowledge of WHO intrapartum care guidelines.
• The application provides valuable, high-quality information, thereby enhancing students' understanding of intrapartum care.
• The app demonstrates potential for improving midwifery education in positive childbirth experiences.