Abstract
<p class="0abstractCxSpFirst">Since health-related information for pregnant women is extremely complex and sensitive, end-users of any application are required to have the same level of knowledge as the information providers to help them to navigate between various sources of information to ascertain the reliability of contents that are often confusing. However, although there are several such applications for Thai pregnant women in the market, few were developed based on research evidence.</p><p class="0abstractCxSpMiddle"> This study is focused on the design of a health application specifically for Thai pregnant women by extracting the explicit problems of existing applications and providing solutions to them. A design thinking methodology comprised of empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test was used as a guideline to develop a prototype app. IT experts, physical therapists and pregnant women were recruited as participants to address the problem taxonomy and obtain a solution.</p><p class="0abstractCxSpLast">The new application produced in this study with the aim of encouraging pregnant women especially for Thai women to engage in physical activity was based on research, and the input of physical therapists, IT experts and pregnant women users was able to feasibly inform the development of an acceptable and usable mobile health application for pregnant women.</p>
Highlights
1.1 Applying the styles to an existing paperSmart health currently plays a significant role in humans’ daily activities and provides them with several benefits
According to an analysis of the information provided by the pregnant women, the essential aspects to consider were the correct posture for physical activity that is appropriate for the different stages of pregnancy and correct information from reliable sources
In terms of the problems related to functionality and usability, the content, usability and interface of the existing applications for pregnant women were found to be problematic for the following reasons: Pictures and descriptions of physical activity guidelines are confusing. (Content) No caution is recommended during physiotherapy. (Content) Each function is hard for beginners to use. (Usability) It is difficult to follow the instructions. (Usability) The colours and icons used in the app are not attractive. (Interface) Inconsistent content and design pattern. (Interface) the study team reviewed existing apps and reached a consensus on the usage of functions and the graphical user interface
Summary
1.1 Applying the styles to an existing paperSmart health currently plays a significant role in humans’ daily activities and provides them with several benefits. In terms of the use of mobile health applications, it has been reported that approximately 325,000 such applications were downloaded in 2017 [9] and the most common of these were related to primary care (41%) and prevention (47%) [10]. The use of these applications in Thailand corresponds to the rapid growth in the number of smartphone users [11]. This meant that the experts were satisfied with the perceived usability of the app and thought that most users would be able to understand its performance and become familiar with it.
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