Utilizing Smartphone Apps in Improving Pregnant Women’s Knowledge and Practices towards Pandemic COVID-19 Precautionary Measures

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

2 Public Health & Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt.

Abstract

The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of utilizing smartphone apps in improving pregnant
women’s knowledge and practices towards pandemic COVID-19 precautionary measures.
Materials and method: A quasi-experimental pre-posttest design was used. The study was
conducted at antenatal clinics in Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. Purposive sample technique
was applied and included fifty-seven high-risk pregnant women. Data was collected through a
structured interview questionnaire, an online electronic survey on the Google platform to assess the
level of knowledge and practices regarding covid-19 precautionary measures, and the Satisfaction
Likert scale. Results: There was a statistically significant improvement among the pregnant women
regarding covid-19 knowledge in favor of post-intervention (P<0.001) as the percentage of good
levels increased from 19.3 before intervention to 77.2% after the intervention. Likewise, there was a
significantly (P<0.001) higher average practical score after the intervention, and a good practice
level significantly (P<0.001) improved from 12.3% before intervention to 89.5% after the
intervention. It was evident that there was a significant, mild, positive correlation between the
knowledge score of the studied women after intervention and their scores of reported practical
preventive measures (r=+0.274, P0.039). Moreover, the satisfaction level of studied women
regarding the method and content was high ranging from 91.2% to 96.5% and 84.2% to 94.7%
respectively. Conclusion: It was evident that utilizing smartphone apps was effective and had
significantly improved knowledge level and practices average score among pregnant women toward
COVID-19 protective measures. Recommendations: Utilizing modern technologies such as
smartphone apps should be launched to solve the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis and
bring innovative solutions to the problems associated with this major disruption, as well as an
attempt to stem contagion and effectively increase awareness, especially during the COVID -19
outbreak and Quarantine.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 12, Issue 1
March 2021
Pages 1654-1666

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