eDoula: The Feasibility and Acceptability of Mobile Application in Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth Support
Oregon Health and Science University
Summary
eDoula is an app that will give patients reading material and videos to watch based on their due date. It also provides helpful postpartum guidance. First, patients without access to the app will be recruited and surveyed on their labor and satisfaction outcomes. Then, recruitment will begin for the intervention arm of the study. Participants will be recruited to use the app and complete a survey during the postpartum period.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–50 years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Nulliparous * Singleton pregnancy * English speaking * Own a smart phone or other device capable of downloading and running the eDoula app * Delivered at 36 weeks 0 days gestation or later * Able to labor Exclusion Criteria: * Planned cesarean delivery * Pregnancy complications including placenta accreta spectrum, vasa previa, intrauterine fetal demise, or known major fetal anomaly * Delivery planned at a location other than Oregon Health and Science University
Interventions
- OthereDoula App
eDoula is an app that will give patients reading material and videos to watch based on their due date. It also provides helpful postpartum device.
Location
- Oregon Health & Science UniversityPortland, Oregon