Marta Fadda|Elisa Galimberti|Maddalena Fiordelli|Luisa Romanò|Alessandro Zanetti|Peter Schulz
Effectiveness of a smartphone app to increase parents' knowledge and empowerment in the MMR vaccination decision: A randomized controlled trial
Università della Svizzera italiana|Università della Svizzera italiana|Università della Svizzera italiana|University of Milan|University of Milan|Università della Svizzera italiana
researchers trying build evidence mhealth effectiveness various fields however evidence yet showing effectiveness mhealth parents attitudes behavior regard recommended vaccination children aim study look effects 2 smartphonebased interventions targeting mmr vaccination knowledge psychological empowerment respectively interventions used gamification features videos combination text messages conducted 2x2 betweensubject factorial randomized controlled trial absencepresence knowledge intervention x absencepresence empowerment intervention parents young children italy randomly allocated 201 eligible participants one 4 conditions data collected questionnaires baseline posttest primary outcomes mmr vaccination knowledge psychological empowerment risk perception preferred decisional role secondary outcomes included mmr vaccination intention attitude confidence recommendation intention significant gain vaccination knowledge reported experimental groups compared control f3179 4858 p 000 receiving interventions reported significant increase psychological empowerment t179 279 p 006 participants receiving intervention targeting knowledge reported significantly higher intention vaccinate t179 2111 p 03 higher confidence decision t179 276 p 006 compared control group parentcentered gamified mobile interventions aimed providing parents vaccinationrelated information used increase knowledge intention vaccinate well confidence vaccination decision