A Smartphone-based health behavioral intervention for pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 1163-1176 PDF (375.29 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.272613 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amal Fatthy1; Nageya Ezzat2 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor of Maternity and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams university, Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of Maternity and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams university, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Context: Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy is a major health problem and one of the leading causes responsible for maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Aim & study design: Quasi- experimental study design was conducted aiming to evaluate the effect of a Smartphone-based health behavioral intervention on pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia. Setting: The study was conducted at Antenatal Outpatient clinic at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Tools: Three Tools were used for data collection I) a structured interviewing questionnaire, II) maternal knowledge assessment Questionnaire) self-reported practices checklists. Result: There was a statistically significant difference regarding pregnant women's all aspects of knowledge and practice about iron deficiency anemia and the total mean score of hemoglobin level pre-intervention compared to post intervention(p<0.001), and there was a highly statistical significance correlation between pregnant women’s' total score of practices and total score of knowledge at pre-intervention, and post -intervention (p<0.001). Conclusion: implementation of a smartphone-based health behavioral intervention has a positive effect on the enhancing of pregnant women' knowledge and practices regarding iron deficiency anemia at postintervention compared to preintervention, Additionally, there was a statistically significant improvement in the hemoglobin level at post intervention compared to pre intervention. Recommendations: Applying a Smartphone-based health behavioral intervention in different settings of Maternity health care. Further research is needed to evaluate the effect of a smartphone-based health behavioral intervention regarding iron deficiency anemia on maternal and fetal outcomes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Smart phone health; Based health; Pregnant women; Iron deficiencyAnemia | ||
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