The Development of a Mobile Application for Postpartum Mother Care with Thai Traditional Medicine

Abstract

This research and development study aimed to 1) develop a mobile application for postpartum care based on Thai traditional medicine and 2) examine its effectiveness and users’ satisfaction. Samples consisted of 30 postpartum mothers in Sakon Nakhon province. Research instruments included the developed mobile application, a knowledge test, and a user satisfaction assessment form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics presented as frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. Differences between pre and post experimental results were tested using a paired t-test with significance level of 0.05.

Results revealed that the majority of the samples’ age was between 21 and 30 years old (40%), about 90 percent had educational level of lower than bachelor's degrees, and about 40 percent worked as general laborers. Users’ satisfaction with the mobile application developed for postpartum care based on Thai traditional medicine was divided into three aspects: 1) satisfactions towards responsiveness to users’ needs were at a high level (=4.49±0.60), 2) satisfactions towards functional performance were at a high level (=4.67±0.50), and 3) satisfactions towards contents were at a high level (=4.74±0.48). Overall satisfactions with the developed application were at a high level. Furthermore, after using the application, the samples demonstrated significant increase in knowledge scores at the 0.05 significance level.