The " Nasci Bem " app for health professionals and families of newborns: construction, validation and evaluation.
Ingrid Lucchese, Fernanda Garcia Bezerra Góes, Maithê de Carvalho E Lemos Goulart and 3 others
PMID 39607174WHAT IT FOUND
Maternity staff and families rated a free Android app about newborn humanized care as understandable, relevant and highly usable.
It was not tested for patient outcomes, so it is an educational tool, not proof of improved care.
Key findings
01Experts rated the first app version satisfactory on content and appearance, with an overall agreement score of 0.97.
02The target audience rated the second app version satisfactory on content, appearance and motivation, with an overall agreement score of 0.99.
03Usability scores were 93 among experts and 94 among the target audience.
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What it does not show
Participants were invited by convenience, so they may not represent other maternity staff or families. The expert panel was all female nurses, and the target audience was only 21 people. The study tested app content, appearance, motivation and usability, not care practices or health outcomes. It relied on internet access and Android smartphones. More invitations were sent than the minimum number, and some invitations were not answered.
Declared interests
The only funding and conflict information supplied is support from Programa de Fomento à Pesquisa na Universidade Federal Fluminense (FOPESQ), Brazil.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the app improves newborn care or reduces inappropriate practices. The study only tested whether users found the content and usability acceptable; it did not measure patient or care outcomes.