Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness of Using mHealth to Improve Antenatal Care

[摘要] Background: One of the innovations in technology in health that can be used is mHealth. The useof technology such as mHealth allows for the dissemination of information to pregnant women inan effort to improve antenatal care. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of usingmHealth on antenatal care.Subjects and Method: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis study using PICO,Population: Pregnant women, Intervention: Using mHealth, Comparison: Not using mHealth/standard services, Outcome: ANC visits. The articles used in this study came from 6 databasesincluding Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, BMJ, Springer link, Sage, and Core. Thekeywords of the article are, Telemedicine OR Mobile Health OR Health Mobile OR Telehealth ORmHealth OR eHealth AND Short Message AND Quality Improvement OR Quality ImprovementOR Quality Improvements OR Quality Improvements AND Prenatal Care OR Prenatal Care ORAntenatal Care OR Antenatal Care. The articles included in this study are complete articles, RCTstudy designs for 2012-2022.Results: There are 8 RCT articles from 3 continents, including Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Zanzibar),Asia (India), America (Peru, Brazil). It was found that using mHealth could increase ANC visits by1.32 times compared to not using mHealth (RR=1.32; 95% CI=1.10 to 1.59; p=0.003).Conclusion: effective use of mHealth to improve antenatal care.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] mHealth;pregnant women;ANC