Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan

Abstract People of reproductive age have unmet needs related to deficiencies in fertility literacy. Here, we aimed to investigate whether providing fertility-related information via a smartphone application could improve fertility treatment-related literacy in participants. We performed a randomized...

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Autores principales:	Ryo Yokomizo, Akari Nakamura, Makoto Sato, Risa Nasu, Maaya Hine, Kevin Y. Urayama, Hiroshi Kishi, Haruhiko Sago, Aikou Okamoto, Akihiro Umezawa
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:86ca2d3be7a64e289b49b1be54c6eb092021-12-05T12:06:14ZSmartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan10.1038/s41746-021-00530-42398-6352https://doaj.org/article/86ca2d3be7a64e289b49b1be54c6eb092021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00530-4https://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352Abstract People of reproductive age have unmet needs related to deficiencies in fertility literacy. Here, we aimed to investigate whether providing fertility-related information via a smartphone application could improve fertility treatment-related literacy in participants. We performed a randomized control-group pretest posttest study and recruited participants between June 18 and 25, 2020. Participants’ fertility treatment-related literacy was assessed with a pretest that comprised of 28 questions and participants were allocated with stratified randomization to either intervention group or control group. The intervention comprised a one-week smartphone application-based provision of information on fertility-related information and the control group received general information about women’s healthcare. Effectiveness of intervention was assessed using a posttest. A total of 4137 participants were administered the questionnaire and pretest, among which 3765 participants (91.0 %) responded and were randomly allocated into either the intervention group (N = 1883) or the control group (N = 1882). A significantly higher posttest mean score was observed for the intervention group compared to the control group (P = 0.0017). We also observed that posttest scores were significantly improved compared to pretest scores in both the intervention and control group (P < 0.001). When examining by specific test question, the proportion answering correctly increased at posttest compared to pretest for both intervention and control groups (P < 0.001). Furthermore, the intervention group showed a greater mean difference between posttest and pretest scores than the control group (P < 0.001). In conclusion, educational intervention using a smartphone application contributed to enhancing fertility treatment-related literacy.Ryo YokomizoAkari NakamuraMakoto SatoRisa NasuMaaya HineKevin Y. UrayamaHiroshi KishiHaruhiko SagoAikou OkamotoAkihiro UmezawaNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Ryo Yokomizo Akari Nakamura Makoto Sato Risa Nasu Maaya Hine Kevin Y. Urayama Hiroshi Kishi Haruhiko Sago Aikou Okamoto Akihiro Umezawa Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan
description	Abstract People of reproductive age have unmet needs related to deficiencies in fertility literacy. Here, we aimed to investigate whether providing fertility-related information via a smartphone application could improve fertility treatment-related literacy in participants. We performed a randomized control-group pretest posttest study and recruited participants between June 18 and 25, 2020. Participants’ fertility treatment-related literacy was assessed with a pretest that comprised of 28 questions and participants were allocated with stratified randomization to either intervention group or control group. The intervention comprised a one-week smartphone application-based provision of information on fertility-related information and the control group received general information about women’s healthcare. Effectiveness of intervention was assessed using a posttest. A total of 4137 participants were administered the questionnaire and pretest, among which 3765 participants (91.0 %) responded and were randomly allocated into either the intervention group (N = 1883) or the control group (N = 1882). A significantly higher posttest mean score was observed for the intervention group compared to the control group (P = 0.0017). We also observed that posttest scores were significantly improved compared to pretest scores in both the intervention and control group (P < 0.001). When examining by specific test question, the proportion answering correctly increased at posttest compared to pretest for both intervention and control groups (P < 0.001). Furthermore, the intervention group showed a greater mean difference between posttest and pretest scores than the control group (P < 0.001). In conclusion, educational intervention using a smartphone application contributed to enhancing fertility treatment-related literacy.
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author	Ryo Yokomizo Akari Nakamura Makoto Sato Risa Nasu Maaya Hine Kevin Y. Urayama Hiroshi Kishi Haruhiko Sago Aikou Okamoto Akihiro Umezawa
author_facet	Ryo Yokomizo Akari Nakamura Makoto Sato Risa Nasu Maaya Hine Kevin Y. Urayama Hiroshi Kishi Haruhiko Sago Aikou Okamoto Akihiro Umezawa
author_sort	Ryo Yokomizo
title	Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan
title_short	Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan
title_full	Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan
title_fullStr	Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan
title_full_unstemmed	Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan
title_sort	smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in japan
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/86ca2d3be7a64e289b49b1be54c6eb09
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Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan

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