Giving Voice to Parents in the Development of the Preemie Prep for Parents (P3) Mobile App.
Kris Pizur-Barnekow, Una Olivia Kim, Sheikh I Ahamed and 5 others
PMID 31567181WHAT IT FOUND
Parents at risk for preterm birth wanted information before labor, on their own time, with clear NICU expectations and support for fathers.
They rejected game-like features and wanted survival statistics framed carefully.
Key findings
01Parents wanted control over when and how much information they received, and asked for a way to flag topics and return to them later.
02Parents asked for practical content about what to expect in the NICU, including terms, care team members, and the parent role, and wanted information for fathers or partners included.
03Parents rejected gamification and wanted serious, careful framing of information about survival and impairment.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The participants came from a single hospital parent group and were described as predominantly white and of higher socioeconomic status. The study reports parent preferences for app development, not patient outcomes or effectiveness. The app was not tested in this paper, so it cannot be treated as an established intervention.
Declared interests
The authors reported no relevant conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that the app improves parent knowledge, decision-making, or neonatal outcomes. It reports what parents asked for during development, not tested effectiveness.