WeThrive应用程序及其对月经的青少年的影响:定性研究
Nora MacNeil1, Victoria Price2, Meghan Pike2
1Medical Science Program, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
JMIR formative research
|October 3, 2024
概括
WeThrive移动健康应用程序帮助青少年了解他们的月经周期,并识别大量月经出血 (HMB). 这种用户友好的工具促进了HMB的早期检测,有可能改善健康结果.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 月经健康 月经健康
背景情况:
- 严重的月经出血 (HMB) 影响高达37%的青少年,可能导致生活质量下降.
- 未经治疗的HMB会导致其他疾病.
- WeThrive移动健康 (mHealth) 应用程序使用评估工具来识别HMB及其对青少年生活质量的影响.
研究的目的:
- 使用WeThrive mHealth应用程序来描述青少年的体验.
- 评估WeThrive在识别HMB方面的可用性和有效性.
- 了解WeThrive如何影响青少年对月经健康的理解.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及通过视频会议与使用WeThrive.的青少年 (<18岁) 进行半结构面试.
- 参与者至少有过一个月经周期,并且至少使用过一次应用程序.
- 对面试成绩单进行主题分析,并计算评估者间可靠性的 κ 统计数据.
主要成果:
- 五名青少年 (平均年龄15.5岁) 参与了这项研究.
- 参与者报告WeThrive改善了对月经周期的理解,预测月经开始,症状识别和HMB识别.
- 确定的主题包括视觉特征和可用性的重要性,新获得的知识,特征使用对月经健康的依赖,以及可信度 (κ=0.73).
结论:
- WeThrive是一个视觉上有吸引力和值得信赖的应用程序,它增强了青少年对月经周期和HMB的理解.
- 通过WeThrive早期识别HMB可以改善对出血障碍和铁缺乏症的识别.
- WeThrive是青少年管理和了解月经健康的宝贵工具.
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