“Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app”
Objective The number of couples experiencing infertility treatment has increased, as has the number of women and men experiencing infertility treatment-related stress and anxiety. Therefore, there is a need to provide information and support to both men and women facing fertility concerns. To achiev...
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| author | Skye A Miner Eden N Gelgoot Alix Lahuec Samantha Wunderlich Darryl Safo Felicia Brochu Shrinkhala Dawadi Stephanie Robins Siobhan Bernadette Laura O’Connell Peter Chan Carolyn Ells Hananel Holzer Kirk Lo Neal Mahutte Sophia Ouhilal Zeev Rosberger Togas Tulandi Phyllis Zelkowitz |
| author_facet | Skye A Miner Eden N Gelgoot Alix Lahuec Samantha Wunderlich Darryl Safo Felicia Brochu Shrinkhala Dawadi Stephanie Robins Siobhan Bernadette Laura O’Connell Peter Chan Carolyn Ells Hananel Holzer Kirk Lo Neal Mahutte Sophia Ouhilal Zeev Rosberger Togas Tulandi Phyllis Zelkowitz |
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| description | Objective The number of couples experiencing infertility treatment has increased, as has the number of women and men experiencing infertility treatment-related stress and anxiety. Therefore, there is a need to provide information and support to both men and women facing fertility concerns. To achieve this goal, we designed a mhealth app, Infotility, that provided men and women with tailored medical, psychosocial, lifestyle, and legal information. Methods This study specifically examined how fertility factors (e.g. time in infertility treatment, parity), socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, education, immigrant status), and mental health characteristics (e.g. stress, depression, anxiety, fertility-related quality of life) were related to male and female fertility patients’ patterns of use of the Infotility app. Results Overall, the lifestyle section of the app was the most highly used section by both men and women. In addition, women without children and highly educated women were more likely to use Infotility. No demographic, mental health or fertility characteristics were significantly associated with app use for men. Conclusion This study shows the feasibility of a mhealth app to address the psychosocial and informational needs of fertility patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d6bbb5ca2fe4f67a11593ab6e84eb172022-12-22T03:23:12ZengSAGE PublishingDigital Health2055-20762022-05-01810.1177/20552076221102248“Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app”Skye A Miner0Eden N Gelgoot1Alix Lahuec2Samantha Wunderlich3Darryl Safo4Felicia Brochu5Shrinkhala Dawadi6Stephanie Robins7Siobhan BernadetteLaura O’Connell8Peter Chan9Carolyn Ells10Hananel Holzer11Kirk Lo12Neal Mahutte13Sophia Ouhilal14Zeev Rosberger15Togas Tulandi16Phyllis Zelkowitz17 Department of Sociology, , Montreal, Canada Department of Psychiatry, , Montreal, Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, , Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, , Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, , Canada Department of Psychiatry, , Montreal, Canada Department of Psychiatry, , Montreal, Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, , Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, , Canada , Montreal, Canada Department of , Montreal, Canada Department of , Montreal, Canada Mount Sinai Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada , Montreal, Canada , Montreal, Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, , Canada Department of , Montreal, Canada Department of Psychiatry, , Montreal, CanadaObjective The number of couples experiencing infertility treatment has increased, as has the number of women and men experiencing infertility treatment-related stress and anxiety. Therefore, there is a need to provide information and support to both men and women facing fertility concerns. To achieve this goal, we designed a mhealth app, Infotility, that provided men and women with tailored medical, psychosocial, lifestyle, and legal information. Methods This study specifically examined how fertility factors (e.g. time in infertility treatment, parity), socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, education, immigrant status), and mental health characteristics (e.g. stress, depression, anxiety, fertility-related quality of life) were related to male and female fertility patients’ patterns of use of the Infotility app. Results Overall, the lifestyle section of the app was the most highly used section by both men and women. In addition, women without children and highly educated women were more likely to use Infotility. No demographic, mental health or fertility characteristics were significantly associated with app use for men. Conclusion This study shows the feasibility of a mhealth app to address the psychosocial and informational needs of fertility patients.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221102248 |
| spellingShingle | Skye A Miner Eden N Gelgoot Alix Lahuec Samantha Wunderlich Darryl Safo Felicia Brochu Shrinkhala Dawadi Stephanie Robins Siobhan Bernadette Laura O’Connell Peter Chan Carolyn Ells Hananel Holzer Kirk Lo Neal Mahutte Sophia Ouhilal Zeev Rosberger Togas Tulandi Phyllis Zelkowitz “Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app” Digital Health |
| title | “Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app” |
| title_full | “Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app” |
| title_fullStr | “Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app” |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app” |
| title_short | “Who needs an app? Fertility patients’ use of a novel mobile health app” |
| title_sort | who needs an app fertility patients use of a novel mobile health app |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221102248 |
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