Effects of nutrition promotion program using smartphone application with notification on eating behaviors and weight gain during pregnancy in pregnant women
Keywords:
nutrition promotion program, smartphone application, eating behaviors, weight gain during pregnancyAbstract
Inappropriate weight gain during pregnancy can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes among pregnant women and fetus. This quasi–experiment, two group pretest– posttest design, aimed to study effects of nutrition promotion program using smartphone application with notification on eating behaviors and weight gain during pregnancy. Sixty-two pregnant women (31 in the experimental group and 31 in the control group) who received antenatal care at Khon Kaen Hospital during March–July 2021 were simple randomly selected. The research instruments consisted of 1)the nutrition promotion program using smartphone application with notification 2) the demographic data form 3) the eating behavior questionnaires and 4) the weighting scale. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, Mann-Whitney U and Chi-square.
The results of the study revealed that the experimental group had a statistically significantly higher mean score of eating behaviors when compared the control group (p<.05). Moreover, the proportion of appropriate weight gain in the experimental group was significantly higher than the control group (p<.05). The nutrition promotion program using smartphone application with notification help pregnant women to enhance their healthy eating behaviors and have appropriate gestational weight gain. Nurse-midwives in antenatal care clinic should encourage the participation of pregnant women by using a smartphone application as a tool for nutritional promotion during pregnancy.
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