生殖内分泌学和不孕症移动应用程序的趋势,结果和知识差距:一个范围审查协议
Emerson Roberto Dos Santos1,2, Aline Russomano de Gouvêa1,3, Natália Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodriguez Castro1
1Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil.
BMJ open
|January 14, 2025
概括
本综述对生殖内分泌学和不孕不育的移动应用程序进行了映射,确定了生育管理工具中的趋势和知识差距. 它强调需要对这些数字健康解决方案进行全面评估.
科学领域:
- 生殖内分泌学和不孕不育问题
- 数字健康数字健康
- 移动健康应用 移动健康应用
背景情况:
- 不孕症影响全球数百万人,需要创新的管理工具.
- 移动应用程序提供诸如循环跟踪,排卵预测和生殖健康教育支持等功能.
- 现有的文献缺乏在生殖内分泌学和不孕症中对移动应用程序的全面评估.
研究的目的:
- 在生殖内分泌学和不孕症的移动应用程序上系统地绘制和综合证据.
- 分析这些应用程序的开发和使用的最新趋势.
- 确定用于评估应用程序可用性的结果,并确定知识差距.
主要方法:
- 范围审查遵循阿克西和奥马利,莱瓦克等人以及乔安娜·布里格斯研究所的指导方针.
- 在多个数据库 (EMBASE,ERIC,PubMed等) 进行了搜索. 和灰色文献用于2019年1月至2024年4月的研究.
- 包括英语,葡萄牙语和西班牙语的研究,重点关注生殖健康和不孕不育的移动应用程序;数据以叙事方式合成.
主要成果:
- 确定了用于生育管理的移动应用程序功能中的趋势.
- 列出了用于评估应用程序可用性和有效性的各种结果.
- 突出了当前移动应用在该领域的全面评估中存在的重大差距.
结论:
- 移动应用程序在协助不孕症管理方面表现有前途,但需要严格的评估.
- 进一步的研究应侧重于标准化可用性指标和长期有效性.
- 本次审查为未来研究和开发基于证据的数字生育工具提供了基础.
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