Evaluation of a Nurse-Designed Mobile Health Education Application to Enhance Knowledge of Pap Testing
- 1 May 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Creative Nursing
- Vol. 20 (2) , 137-143
Abstract
An experimental study was conducted using a 2-group randomized control pretest/posttest design to determine if knowledge about Pap testing could be increased through use of a nurse-designed mobile smartphone app developed to educate individuals about the Pap test. A 14-item pretest survey of knowledge about Pap tests was distributed to women attending a university in New England. Participants in the intervention group were provided with an Android device on which a digital health education application on Pap testing had been downloaded. The control group was given a standard pamphlet on Pap testing. Paired t test results demonstrated that knowledge scores on the posttest increased significantly in both groups, but were significantly higher in the intervention group. User satisfaction with the app was high. The results of this study may enhance nursing care by informing nurses about a unique way of learning about Pap testing to recommend to patients.Keywords
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