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‘Mobile apps are increasingly providing new mothers an innovative way of tracking baby care aspects, including feeding regularly, sleep, growth and nappy changes.’
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However, with more than 100 such apps available, the mobile content can also present new mums with anoher set of potential worries, including feeling overwhelmed by the information, concerns about over-reliance on the app, and even questioning the app's advice, the research added. Read More..
"Overall the women interviewed in the study were positive about using such apps, " said study researcher Jacqueline Miller from the Flinders University in Australia.
"Information stored in the app can provide a useful history to discuss with health care providers who can then provide much more individualised advice, particularly with breastfeeding," Miller said.
"They are increasingly giving mothers a modern way of tracking aspects of baby care, including feeding regularly, sleep, growth and nappy changes," she added.
The mobile health app market is booming, expected to exceed $30 billion by 2020. The World Health Organisation has forecast that mHealth apps will have a myriad of uses includes interventions and behaviour change, disease or condition self-management, data monitoring and e-information provision.
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In one of the first studies of its kind, the study sought to analyse the experience of mothers, the suitability of information and readability of the app material from an outside perspective.
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"This technology is helping mothers with everyday routines and decision-making which can be tiring and sometimes complex with breastfeeding - although some mobile apps are better than others," Dienelt said.
"Overall, the participants were positive and some even felt they would have given up on breastfeeding without the app," she added.
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