Effect of a Nurse-Led Smartphone-Based Self-Tracking Program on Women's Fertility Awareness for the Appropriate Use of Infertility Treatment

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Lecturer of maternity and newborn health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Beni-Suef University,Egypt.

2 Lecturer of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing,Fayoum University,Egypt.

3 Lecturer of obestetrics & gynecology medicine,Faculty of medicine -Beni-Suef University, Egypt.

4 Lecturer of maternity and newborn health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Beni-Suef University,Egypt

Abstract

Background: Self-tracking tools and practices can be thought as forms of "technology for
the self" that allow people to monitor, control, act upon, and optimize their bodies in accordance
with standards of appearance and health. Aim: to evaluate effect of a nurse-led smartphone-based
self-tracking program on women's fertility awareness for the appropriate use of infertility treatment.
Methods: a case and control group quasi-experimental design was used in the Infertility Diagnosis
and Treatment Center in the Specialized Medical Center of the university campus affiliated to BeniSuef University hospital on a purposive sample of 120 infertile women using a structured
interviewing questionnaire& fertility awareness questionnaire which grouped into three parts :(
fertility knowledge, attitudes towards fertility-awareness and practices of self-tracking). Results:
the current study revealed that the percentage of women with satisfactory level of fertility
knowledge increased from (15%) before the intervention to (75%) after the intervention, the
percentage of those with positive attitudes towards fertility awareness increased from (18.3%)
before the intervention to ( 71.7% )after the intervention, moreover, the level of fertile time‟
understanding, fertility symptoms awareness and the use of the fertile window were highly
significantly improved after the nurse-led self-tracking smartphone applications. Conclusion: this
study concluded that the nurse-led self-tracking smartphone application was an effective tool in
improving levels of women‟s fertility awareness for appropriate use of infertility treatment.
Recommendation: integrate the app with existing electronic health records (EHR) to facilitate data
sharing and improve continuity of care.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 14, Issue 4
December 2023
Pages 1671-1688

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