A Smartphone-based Personal Antenatal Care Information System with Web-based Maternity Records

• Main Authors: Mei-SanChoi, 崔美珊
• Other Authors: Ting-Wei Hou
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49964426532947024799

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 工程科學系專班 === 101 === This study focuses on developing a smartphone-based antenatal care information system to assist pregnant women in staying healthy during pregnancy. We designed and implemented a new Android application as well as a web-based antenatal care information system. The proposed system comprises three new features: (1) Web-based Maternity Records which contain concise explanation about the antenatal screening and diagnostic tests, (2) Self-care Journals that allow pregnant women to keep track of their gestational weight gains, blood pressure values, fetal movements and contractions, and (3) Health education which provides pregnant women with rich and appropriate information on antenatal care and other pregnancy knowledge automatically according to one’s gestation. Finally, a survey was conducted to evaluate the usability acceptance of the proposed system. The result showed that a majority of the respondents was satisfied with the overall system and believed that the system was useful for providing antenatal care.