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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Oct 29;102(4):701–708. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.10.024

Table 3.

Exit-survey items and participant responses

Yes (%)

Medical knowledge
1. Did the app provide new information to you? 100
2. Was some of the information given in the app important for you to know? 100
3. Because of the app, do you feel better prepared if you were to have a premature infant? 100
4. Did the app answer at least some of your questions about premature infants? 100
5. In your opinion, will this app benefit families? 100
6. Did the app help you learn about what happens in the delivery room? 79
7. Did the app inform you about the NICU? 96
8. Did the app inform you about difficulties that a premature baby may face at birth? 89

Emotional health
1. Did the app make you feel more aware of your risk for having a premature delivery? 93
2. Did the app increase your anxiety unnecessarily? 14
3. As time passed and you were familiar with the information provided, did the app increase your anxiety about having a premature infant later? 21

Partnership and Advocacy
1. Because of the app, did you ask more questions at your doctor visits? 43
2. Because of the app, did you and your partner discuss pregnancy or prematurity issues? 86
3. Did you share information given in the app with other family/friends (excluding a partner already enrolled in the study)? 57

Content and desire for information
1. Did the app give too much information about premature infants? 18
2. The information in the library was not enough. 46
3. Did you learn something new from the videos showing an actual resuscitation of a newly born premature infant in the delivery room? 54
4. The information about medical equipment NICU was not helpful. 25
5. I liked the week by week information on how my baby was developing at each gestational age. 100
6. Information on major and moderate health conditions faced by premature infants should be removed from the app. 89