Table 4.
Reasons for using pregnancy apps by the trimester of pregnancy.
| Reasons for using pregnancy apps | All women (N=535), n (%) | First trimester (n=50), n (%) | Second trimester (n=139), n (%) | Third trimester (n=346), n (%) | P value |
| Monitoring fetal development | 436 (81.5) | 36 (72) | 89 (64.0) | 311 (89.9) | <.001a |
| Tracking own body | 101 (18.9) | 16 (32) | 37 (26.6) | 48 (13.9) | <.001a |
| Learning information regarding nutrition during pregnancy and recording diet | 140 (26.2) | 16 (32) | 48 (34.5) | 76 (22.0) | .01a |
| Learning information regarding physical activity during pregnancy and recording exercise | 91 (17.0) | 14 (28) | 25 (18.0) | 52 (15.0) | .07 |
| Understanding the content of antenatal care | 128 (23.9) | 15 (30) | 40 (28.8) | 73 (21.1) | .12 |
| Storing photos of themselves | 52 (9.7) | 4 (8) | 8 (5.8) | 40 (11.6) | .14 |
| Storing fetal ultrasound images | 27 (5.0) | 3 (6) | 6 (4.3) | 18 (5.2) | .88 |
| Recording antenatal examination | 87 (16.3) | 7 (14) | 18 (12.9) | 62 (17.9) | .37 |
| Web-based discussions with other pregnant women | 83 (15.5) | 7 (14) | 21 (15.1) | 55 (15.9) | .93 |
aRepresents a significant difference between the 3 groups.