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Educational technologies on signs of gestational risk and/or labor for pregnant women: a scoping review
Thaís Jormanna Pereira Silva1, Ana Carolina Nunes Macêdo1, Caroline Magalhães Alcântara1
1Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Objective:
To map educational technologies on signs of gestational risk and/or labor developed or used to guide pregnant women in the context of Brazilian prenatal care.
Method:
Scoping review conducted in accordance with JBI with searches performed in the following databases: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF, BDTD, and Google Scholar, without time restriction. Data selection and extraction in independent stages by pairs, and narrative synthesis according to the PAGER model.
Results:
Twenty-one studies were included, which described 18 technologies: 10 digital (55.5%), 8 printed (44%), and 1 audiovisual (5.5%). The majority (n = 13; 72.2%) approached the signs in a complementary way. There was a predominance of resources with accessible language, instructive elements, and the involvement of Nursing in their design. Thematic, methodological, and geographical gaps were observed, especially in the exclusive focus on signs of gestational risk, diversity of participants, and use of realistic images.
Conclusion:
Mapped technologies highlight important advances, as well as the need to develop more specific, inclusive, and clinically validated tools. Such resources can qualify prenatal practices in Nursing and health and improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions
These tools improve outcomes by using accessible language and instructive elements to guide women through signs of labor. According to the study's authors, the involvement of Nursing in the design process ensures that the content remains clinically relevant for prenatal care.
The scoping review found that 55.5% of the eighteen identified technologies were digital, while 44% were printed materials. Only 5.5% of the resources utilized audiovisual formats, indicating a strong preference for electronic and paper-based instructional aids in the Brazilian context.
The researchers used the PAGER model to systematically categorize patterns, advances, and gaps within the twenty-one included studies. This framework allowed for a structured analysis of how eighteen different technologies addressed signs of gestational risk and labor indicators.
The review identified a significant absence of realistic images within the mapped technologies, which often relied on more abstract illustrations. The authors suggest that incorporating more lifelike visual representations could enhance the educational impact of these resources for pregnant women.
The study's authors propose that there is a need to develop more specific, inclusive, and clinically validated tools. They conclude that such resources can qualify prenatal practices in Nursing and health while improving maternal and neonatal outcomes.
