Effect of Mobile Assisted Education Regarding Fetal Kick Monitoring on Perinatal outcomes among High-Risk Pregnant Women during COVID-19 Pandemic | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 127, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Page 1868-1887 PDF (487.87 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.248184 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amal Fathy Mohammed1; Heba Mahmoud Mohammed2 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor of Maternal & Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Maternal & Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Fetal kick monitoring (FKM), a self-screening technique, has been proposed as a primary method of fetal surveillance for all pregnancies including high-risk pregnanciesand decreasing perinatal morbidity and mortality. Aim & design: Quasi- experimental (study/control group)study design was conducted aiming to evaluate the effect of mobile-assisted education regarding fetal kick monitoring on perinatal outcomes among high-risk pregnant womenduring COVID-19 pandemic.Sample: A purposive sample of 100 pregnant women was chosen for the study. Setting: the study conducted at the Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital's Antenatal Clinic.Tools:the study utilized three tools: astructured Interviewing Questionnaire, self reported practices checklist,and maternal and fetal assessment record. Results: The present study revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between study and control groups regarding fetal kick monitoring in total knowledge, and practices scores pre-intervention.Meanwhile, a highly statistically significant improvement was observed in total knowledge and practices scores after using mobile-assisted education among study group as compared to control group (p < 0.001) in addition to statistically significant improvement in perinatal outcome among study group compared to control group (p < 0.001).Conclusion: The study concluded that application of mobile-assisted education during COVID-19 pandemic improved knowledge and practice of high-risk pregnant women regarding fetal kick monitoring that reflect on better perinatal outcomes among study group compared to control group.Recommendations: Applying usage of mobile apps in all available health services as a method for transferring service and replication of the research on a greater statistical sample drawn from various Egyptian regions. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Fetal kick monitoring; perinatal outcomes; mobile-assisted education&COVID- 19 Panademic | ||||
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