Effect of a Nurse-Led Smartphone-Based Self-Tracking Program on Women's Fertility Awareness for the Appropriate Use of Infertility Treatment | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 1671-1688 PDF (832.74 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.386407 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatma Saber Nady Mohammed1; Fayza Ahmed Ali Abdelbaky2; Momen Zakaria Mohammed3; Hagar Kamal Masoud Mohammed4 | ||
| 1Lecturer of maternity and newborn health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Beni-Suef University,Egypt. | ||
| 2Lecturer of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing,Fayoum University,Egypt. | ||
| 3Lecturer of obestetrics & gynecology medicine,Faculty of medicine -Beni-Suef University, Egypt. | ||
| 4Lecturer 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. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| fertility awareness; infertility; nurse – led; self-tracking; smart phone | ||
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