@Article{info:doi/10.2196/40427，作者=“Zhaunova, Liudmila和Bamford, Ryan和Radovic, Tara和Wickham, Aidan和Peven, Kimberly和Croft, Jazz和Klepchukova, Anna和Ponzo, Sonia”，标题=“Flo Period Tracking App用户自我报告的知识和健康改善的特征:横截面调查”，期刊=“JMIR Mhealth Uhealth”，年=“2023”，月=“4”，日=“26”，卷=“11”，页=“e40427”，关键词=“健康知识;月经周期;怀孕;period-tracking应用;数字健康;妇女健康"，摘要="背景:研究表明，妇女对月经和妊娠健康的知识和认识不足与不利的生殖健康和妊娠结局有关。月经周期和怀孕跟踪移动应用程序是很有前途的工具，可以提高女性对生殖健康的认识和态度;然而，关于用户对应用程序功能的看法及其对他们的知识和健康的影响的信息很少。目的:本研究旨在探讨与月经周期和妊娠相关的知识和健康改善，以及Flo应用程序用户的总体健康改善。我们还调查了Flo应用程序的哪些组件与上述改进有关，并评估了这些改进是否基于教育水平、居住国(低收入和中等收入国家vs高收入国家)、免费或付费订阅应用程序、短期或长期使用应用程序以及使用频率而有所不同。 Methods: Flo subscribers who had been using the app for no less than 30 days, completed a web-based survey. A total of 2212 complete survey responses were collected. The survey included demographic questions and questions about motivations guiding the use of the Flo app and which components of the app improved their knowledge and health, as well as to what extent. Results: Most study participants reported improvements in menstrual cycle (1292/1452, 88.98{\%}) and pregnancy (698/824, 84.7{\%}) knowledge from Flo app use. Participants with higher levels of education and those from high-income countries reported using the app predominantly for getting pregnant ($\chi$21=4.2, P=.04; $\chi$21=52.3, P<.001, respectively) and pregnancy tracking ($\chi$21=19.3, P<.001; $\chi$21=20.9, P=.001, respectively). Participants with less education reported using the app to avoid pregnancy ($\chi$21=4.2; P=.04) and to learn more about their body ($\chi$21=10.8; P=.001) and sexual health ($\chi$21=6.3; P=.01), while participants from low- and middle-income countries intended to mainly learn more about their sexual health ($\chi$21=18.2; P<.001). Importantly, the intended use of the app across education levels and country income levels matched areas in which they had gained knowledge and achieved their health goals upon use of the Flo app. Period, fertile days, and ovulation predictions as well as symptom tracking were consistently the top 3 components in the app that helped users with their cycle knowledge and general health. Reading articles or watching videos helped with users' education regarding their pregnancy. Finally, the strongest improvements in knowledge and health were observed in premium, frequent, and long-term users. Conclusions: This study suggests that menstrual health apps, such as Flo, could present revolutionary tools to promote consumer health education and empowerment on a global scale. ", issn="2291-5222", doi="10.2196/40427", url="https://mhealth.www.mybigtv.com/2023/1/e40427", url="https://doi.org/10.2196/40427", url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37099370" }