INTERNET USE BY PREGNANT WOMEN SEEKING CHILDBIRTH INFORMATION - 10/04/21

Doi : 10.1016/j.jogoh.2021.102144

Associate Professor Pınar Serçekuş, PhDRN ^{^{1
Telephone: +90 258 2964331 Fax number: +90 258 2964474},}^⁎ , Büşra Değirmenciler, MScRN ^{^{2
Telephone: +90 258 2964331 Fax number: +90 258 2964474}} , SevgiÖzkan, PhDRN ^{^{3
Telephone: +90 258 2964316 Fax number: +90 258 2964474}}
Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Kınıklı Kampüs Denizli Turkey

^⁎Correspond author.

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Highlights

•	Pregnant women obtain the information from the internet more than health professionals.
•	Pregnant women use internet as primary source of information about childbirth.
•	Most pregnant women think that information they received from the internet partially useful and reliable.
•	Obtaining information about childbirth via internet may lead to increased fear of childbirth.

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Abstract

Background

During pregnancy period, women's information needs increases. Receiving information during this period affects the birth and postpartum period.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the use of the internet to receiving childbirth information by pregnant women.

Methods

The study was a descriptive study. Data were collected using an Information Form. The sample consisted of 162 pregnant women.

Results

The 92.4% of women used the internet as a source of information about childbirth. Blogs or web pages were the most frequently used internet sources with 85.8% usage, followed by mobile applications with 75.6%, and social media with 58.1%. Most of the women found the information they received from the internet partially useful and reliable. 24.3% of the women stated that receiving information on internet decreased their fears and 14.8% that it increased their fears.