Table 3.
Summary of included publications
| Author(s) Year | Title of publication | Location Year of study | Aim of study | Method | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eHealth | |||||
| Dalton et al.27 2014 | ‘Who’s afraid?’: Attitudes of midwives to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for delivery of pregnancy-related health information. | Australia 2014 | Midwives’ attitudes and experiences of Information Communication Technology use to identify potential causal factors that encourage or inhibit their usage in antenatal care. | Mixed-methods study (semistructured interviews, focus groups, surveys) | 19 midwives |
| Fredriksen et al.28 2018 | How do health professionals acknowledge Web-based knowledge in pregnancy consultations? | Norway 2015–2016 | To explore how Norway doctors, midwives and physiotherapists manage women’s eHealth literacy and Web-based knowledge in pregnancy | Qualitative study (semi-structured interviews) | 13 participants (4 midwives, 4 physiotherapists, 5 GPs) |
| Johnsen 18 2014 | The impact of internet use on the client-professional relationship: A comparative analysis. | Denmark and Norway 2012–2013 | To explore how internet use impacts client-professional relationship: midwives compared to other health staff | Qualitative study (semi-structured focus group interviews) | 30 health professionals (midwives, nurses and physiotherapists) |
| Lagan et al.16 2007 | Pregnancy problems: answers on the internet? | Northern Ireland 2005 | To explore the extent and nature of pregnant women’s use of the internet | Cross-sectional qualitative study (electronic questionnaire) | 40 midwives |
| Lagan et al.19 2011 | Web-based survey of midwives’ perceptions of women using the internet and pregnancy: a global phenomenon. | UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Jordan Mexico 2006 | Midwives’ views of internet use in midwifery practice, to elicit extent and nature of pregnant women’s use of internet from a midwifery perspective, and midwives’ views of pregnant women using internet as an information source | Quantitative study (web-based survey) | 303 midwives |
| Wennberg et al.20 2015 | A questioned authority meets well-informed pregnant women: a qualitative study examining how midwives perceive their role in dietary counselling. | Sweden 2013 | To describe how midwives perceive their role and significance in dietary counselling of pregnant women who use the internet to source information | Mixed-/mono-methods (secondary data analysis from semi-structured telephone interviews and face-to-face interviews | 21 midwives |
| Weston and Anderson29 2014 | Internet use in pregnancy. | UK 2013 | Value internet use in pregnancy, from viewpoint of: midwives, pregnant and postnatal women | Qualitative study (focus groups and in-depth interviews) | 13 midwives, 7 antenatal women and 6 postnatal women |
| mHealth | |||||
| Grassl et al.30 2018 | A Web-Based Survey Assessing the Attitudes of Health Care Professionals in Germany Toward the Use of Telemedicine in Pregnancy Monitoring: Cross-Sectional Study. | Germany 2017 | To investigate the attitudes of health care professionals in obstetrics towards telemedicine. | Quantitative study (web-based survey) | 244 health professionals (physicians, midwives, nurses, physician assistants and medical students) |
| Lanssens et al.31 2019 | Midwives’, obstetricians’, and recently delivered mothers’ perceptions of remote monitoring for pre-natal care: Retrospective survey. | Belgium 2016 | To investigate the perceptions and experiences of remote monitoring among mothers, midwives and obstetricians. | Quantitative study (online survey) | 92 mothers, 52 midwives and 14 obstetricians |
| Soltani et al.32 2012 | Women’s and Midwives’ Perspectives on the Design of a Text Messaging Support for Maternal Obesity Services: An Exploratory Study. | Doncaster, UK 2011 | To explore women’s and midwives’ views on the use of mobile technology in supporting obese pregnant women with healthy lifestyle choices | Qualitative study (focus groups using semi-structured interviews) | 8 midwives and 6 women |
| Soltani et al.33 2015 | Maternal Obesity Management Using Mobile Technology: A Feasibility Study to Evaluate a Text Messaging Based Complex Intervention during Pregnancy. | Doncaster, UK 2013–2014 | To understand the appropriateness of a text messaging based complex intervention for promoting healthy gestational weight gain during pregnancy | Mixed methods (single arm intervention, focus groups and interviews) | 14 women and 1 specialist midwife |
| Willcox et al.21 2015 | Views of Women and Health Professionals on mHealth Lifestyle Interventions in Pregnancy: A Qualitative Investigation. | Australia 2013 | Women and health staff’s views regarding mHealth sources and interventions to assist women to eat well, be physically active, and gain healthy weight in pregnancy | Qualitative study (focus groups and in-depth, semistructured face-toface interviews) | 15 pregnant or postpartum women & 12 health staff (two obstetricians, GPs, midwives, dietitians, physiotherapists, and pharmacists) |