Optimizing Antenatal Care: The Effects of a Holistic Nursing Android Application for Pregnant Women
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Title
Optimizing Antenatal Care: The Effects of a Holistic Nursing Android Application for Pregnant Women
Subject
ANC service; Android digital application; holistic nursing
concept; optimization; pregnant women
concept; optimization; pregnant women
Description
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face antenatal care (ANC)
services were limited. Therefore, we developed the Android digital application “Guide
Me” with a holistic care concept for optimizing ANC.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the Android digital application
“Guide Me” on optimizing ANC.
Methods: The present study used an experimental research design. The participants
included 302 pregnant women selected through block randomization, with 160 in the
intervention group and 142 in the control group. The intervention involved providing
ANC services using a digital Android application at home, with health services visited
only when treatment was necessary. The intervention group received usual care along
with the Android application, “Guide Me”, which included a holistic nursing concept
program, while the control group received only the usual care. Data were collected
three times, and the ANC scale was used to measure ANC optimization. Repeated
measures ANOVA was used to analyze the data.
Results: There were significant differences in the optimization of ANC ([F=96.887,
df (1,300), p<0.001]) between the intervention and control groups. The target of 14
T in the intervention group showed significant statistical differences over three times
([F=118.35, df (1,308), p<0.001]) compared to the control group, with optimization
of ANC increasing from 45.79 to 59.16 in the intervention group and from 44.09 to
45.77 in the control group.
Conclusions: The program effectively increased ANC optimization. Pregnant
women feel more at ease in their own homes and have less time to visit a hospital.
Therefore, they may accept and even appreciate online apps and telemonitoring as
alternatives to ANC checks.
services were limited. Therefore, we developed the Android digital application “Guide
Me” with a holistic care concept for optimizing ANC.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the Android digital application
“Guide Me” on optimizing ANC.
Methods: The present study used an experimental research design. The participants
included 302 pregnant women selected through block randomization, with 160 in the
intervention group and 142 in the control group. The intervention involved providing
ANC services using a digital Android application at home, with health services visited
only when treatment was necessary. The intervention group received usual care along
with the Android application, “Guide Me”, which included a holistic nursing concept
program, while the control group received only the usual care. Data were collected
three times, and the ANC scale was used to measure ANC optimization. Repeated
measures ANOVA was used to analyze the data.
Results: There were significant differences in the optimization of ANC ([F=96.887,
df (1,300), p<0.001]) between the intervention and control groups. The target of 14
T in the intervention group showed significant statistical differences over three times
([F=118.35, df (1,308), p<0.001]) compared to the control group, with optimization
of ANC increasing from 45.79 to 59.16 in the intervention group and from 44.09 to
45.77 in the control group.
Conclusions: The program effectively increased ANC optimization. Pregnant
women feel more at ease in their own homes and have less time to visit a hospital.
Therefore, they may accept and even appreciate online apps and telemonitoring as
alternatives to ANC checks.
Creator
Desmawati Desmawati1
, Rita Ismail1
, Rita Ismail1
Source
https://doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v14i2.61661
Date
30 August 2024
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Desmawati Desmawati1
, Rita Ismail1, “Optimizing Antenatal Care: The Effects of a Holistic Nursing Android Application for Pregnant Women,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 21, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11268.