Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000046562 |
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Receipt number | R000052577 |
Scientific Title | Development and Evaluation of the Simple and Easy Antenatal Education Using a Mobile Phone App in Tanzania |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2022/01/06 |
Last modified on | 2023/07/11 10:14:49 |
Development and Evaluation of the Simple and Easy Antenatal Education
Using a Mobile Phone App in Tanzania
ICT education research in Tanzania
Development and Evaluation of the Simple and Easy Antenatal Education
Using a Mobile Phone App in Tanzania
ICT education research in Tanzania
Africa |
Pregnancy
Obstetrics and Gynecology | Nursing | Adult |
Others
NO
This research aims to evaluate the effect of the package of the mobile phone App containing the new WHO guideline for antenatal care and the educational materials to teach danger signs and safe delivery "Nne na Tano" to maximize health of pregnant women, and reminders of health education and antenatal care visits for pregnant women with respect to knowledge and attitude about healthy pregnancy and their intention of giving birth with skilled birth attendants.
Efficacy
Confirmatory
Pragmatic
Not applicable
Thirty-eight items designed to investigate factors, knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, associated with intentions of birthplace. The timing of measurement was set at the beginning of the study as a baseline survey and at thirty-six gestational weeks of the subjects as an outcome survey.
Mini-quiz to improve knowledge of midwives/nurses with ten items and twenty-three items of Women-Centered Care Questionnaire for pregnant women. As for midwives/nurses, when the baseline is over and midwives/nurses download the app, they will be administered twice: a pre-test before learning the content, and a post-test after learning the content after a month of study. As for pregnant women, the baseline survey will be conducted at the beginning of the study and the outcome study will be conducted at the thirty-six-week gestation of the participants.
Interventional
Parallel
Randomized
Cluster
Open -no one is blinded
No treatment
NO
2
Educational,Counseling,Training
Behavior,custom | Maneuver |
The intervention group: The mobile phone App has two versions for pregnant women and midwives. The pregnant women version contains antenatal educational contents that teaches pregnant women and their family the importance of birth preparation and family integration to achieve safe delivery. The midwife version is named Midwifery Up! aiming to update the knowledge of midwives so that they can provide proper information and care for pregnant women in timely manner. Midwifery Up! will contain movies to teach pregnant women about danger signs, a calculator of expected due date, WHO recommendations on antenatal care for positive pregnancy experience. A Forum page will be created for midwives and doctors as well as pregnant women can discuss local health knowledge and behaviors.
The control group received a regular antenatal care.
16 | years-old | <= |
Not applicable |
Female
The inclusion criteria for women are: currently pregnant of 2nd or 3rd trimester, 16 years old or older, and able to read Kiswhaili.
The exclusion criteria for women are: currently not pregnant, less than 16 years old, not able to Kiswahili, and no access to a smart phone.
720
1st name | Yoko |
Middle name | |
Last name | Shimpuku |
Hiroshima University
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
734-8551
1-2-3 Kasumi Minami-ku, Hiroshima
0822575555
yokoshim@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
1st name | Yoko |
Middle name | |
Last name | Shimpuku |
Hiroshima University
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
734-8551
1-2-3 Kasumi Minami-ku, Hiroshima
0822575555
yokoshim@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Hiroshima University
Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences
Japanese Governmental office
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Hiroshima University
1-2-3 Kasumi Minami-ku, Hiroshima
0822575555
iryo-seisaku@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
NO
2022 | Year | 01 | Month | 06 | Day |
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