PositivelyPregnant: Using guided prompts in a stress-management app for pregnant women

This paper reports on our interdisciplinary research on stress management for pregnant women. We developed a mobile app – PositivelyPregnant – for supporting the mental wellbeing of pregnant women in New Zealand. The app aims to support women in using the time during pregnancy to build resilience and plan a healthy future for the whole family. We report the results from a study using PositivelyPregnant, carried out at 24 weeks gestation with 88 women. We particularly explored the use of prompts for continued engagement.

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Carrie Barber

Sukrita Singh

Annika Hinze

Nicholas Vanderschantz

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-5

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[0001]School of Psychology

University of Waikato, New Zealand

[0002]Computer Science Department

University of Waikato, New Zealand

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.179

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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M.W. O’HaraK.L. Wisner 2014 Perinatal mental illness: Definition, description and aetiology Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology 28 1 3 12
J. OsmaA.Z. BarreraE. Ramphos 2016 Are pregnant and postpartum women interested in health-related apps: Implications for the prevention of perinatal depression? Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking 19 6 412 415 Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2015.0549
M. SprengerT. MettlerJ. Osma 2017 Health professionals’ perspective on the promotion of e-mental health apps in the context of maternal depression PLoSOne 12 7 e0180867 Doi: http://doi.org/10.137/journal.pone.0180867
N. TrippK. HaineyA. LiuA. PoultonM. PeekJ. KimR. Nanan 2014 An emerging model of maternity care: smartphone, midwife, doctor? Women Birth 27 1 64 7 Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2013.11.001

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[1] G. AlkhaldiF.L. HamiltonR. LauR. WebsterS. MichieE. Murray 2016 The effectiveness of prompts to promote engagement with digital interventions: A systematic review Journal of Medical Internet Research 18 1 e6 Doi: http://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4790

[2] M. Anderson 2015 Racial and ethnic differences in how people use mobile technology Pew Research Centre Retrieved from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/30/racial-and-ethnicdifferences-in-how-people-use-mobile-technology/

[3] I. AndoneK. BlaszkiewiczM. EibesB. TrendafilovC. MontagA. Markowetz 2016 How age and gender affect smartphone usage. Conference: Ubicomp’16, Researchgate Doi: http://doi.org/10.1145/2968219.2971451

[4] C. CarissoliD. VillaniS. TribertiG. Riva 2016 User experience of BenEssere Mamma, a pregnancy app for women wellbeing Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 195 198

[5] D. Chan 2009 So why ask me? Are self-report data really that bad? In Lance C.E.VandenbergR.J. (ed. 2010) Statistical and Methodological and Urban Legends: Doctrine, Verity and Fable in the Organizational and Social Sciences 309 313

[6] L. DeklavaK. LubinaK. CircenisV. SudrabaI. Millere 2015 Causes of anxiety during pregnancy Procedia- Social and Behavioural Sciences 205 623–626 Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.09.097

[7] J. P. FryR.A. Neff 2009 Periodic prompts and reminders in health promotion and health behavior interventions: systematic review Journal of Medical Internet Research 11 2 e16 Doi: http://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.1138

[8] V. Glover 2011 The effects of prenatal stress on child behavioural and cognitive outcomes start at the beginning Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online]. January 2011

[9] D. Lupton 2017 ‘It just gives me a bit of peace of mind’: Australian women’s use of digital media for pregnancy and early motherhood Societies 7 25 1–13 Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/soc7030025

[10] L.G. MorrisonC. HargoodV. PejovicA.W. GeraghtyA., S. LloydN. GoodmanD.T. MichaelidesA. WestonM. MusolesiM.J. WealL. Yardley 2017 The effect of timing and frequency of push notifications on usage of a smartphone-based stress management intervention: An exploratory trial PloS One 12 1 e0169162 Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169162

[11] F. MuenchA. Baumel 2017 More than a text message: Dismantling digital triggers to curate behaviour change in patient-centred health interventions Journal of Medical Internet Research 19 5 e147 Doi: http://doi:10.2196/jmir.7463

[12] M.W. O’HaraK.L. Wisner 2014 Perinatal mental illness: Definition, description and aetiology Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology 28 1 3 12

[13] J. OsmaA.Z. BarreraE. Ramphos 2016 Are pregnant and postpartum women interested in health-related apps: Implications for the prevention of perinatal depression? Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking 19 6 412 415 Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2015.0549

[14] M. SprengerT. MettlerJ. Osma 2017 Health professionals’ perspective on the promotion of e-mental health apps in the context of maternal depression PLoSOne 12 7 e0180867 Doi: http://doi.org/10.137/journal.pone.0180867

[15] N. TrippK. HaineyA. LiuA. PoultonM. PeekJ. KimR. Nanan 2014 An emerging model of maternity care: smartphone, midwife, doctor? Women Birth 27 1 64 7 Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2013.11.001

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