Mobile App Enhances New Parents' Well being and婴儿Development, Study Shows

A Mobile App Helps Boost Parents' Emotional Well-being and Infants' Development

AProf Shefaly Shorey, alongside her team at the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at National University of Singapore NUS, has developed a mobile application that serves as an invaluable tool for new parents. The app provides a comprehensive array of resources-from videos, podcasts to written articles-expertly curated by local professionals including obstetricians, psychiatrists, nurses and midwives from esteemed institutions such as NUS Nursing, NUS Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Polyclinics, KK Women’s Children's Hospital, and Singapore General Hospital.

The app was tested during the COVID-19 pandemic to gauge its effectiveness on parental outcomes like postnatal depression, anxiety, bonding, self-efficacy, social support perception, and parenting satisfaction. Additionally, it assessed infant developmental outcomes over a three-year period post-birth. s revealed that parents who utilized this app experienced notably better outcomes. Specifically, both fathers and mothers showed enhanced perceptions of social support when compared to those not using the application.

The app also significantly influenced parental help-seeking behaviors; those who used it had higher scores in seeking assistance during pregnancy and post-childbirth periods than non-users. Yet, despite facing challenges due to the additional responsibilities that come with parenthood after childbirth, most parents screened for depressive symptoms were found to have decreasing depressive symptomatology one month following delivery when using the app, which was mntned until nine months postpartum.

Infants whose parents employed this mobile application showed better outcomes across various developmental measures including cognitive 5.5 vs 23.8, motor 9.1 vs 19.0, communication skills 1.5 vs 4.4 and social abilities 18.2 vs 20.0. Assoc Prof Shorey remarks on the effectiveness of this mobile health intervention: Despite the difficulties accompanying their parenting journey, especially during the pandemic, parents received timely support from the resources provided through our app. Our study confirms that it served as a valuable source of evidence-based, localized information and reliable assistance for caregivers to care for newborns while also enhancing their own emotional and overall well-being.

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