Effects of app-based information provision on parents' health literacy and health service utilization: an open-label, non-randomized, parallel-controlled trial

Effects of app-based information provision on parents' health literacy and health service utilization: an open-label, non-randomized, parallel-controlled trial - Evaluation of the effect of the app in providing health information

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000049067

Enrollment

168

Registered

2022-09-29

Start date

2022-05-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Healthy people

Interventions

Introduction of an application that provides children&#39

s health information No referral to application for providing children&#39

s health information

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Parents of infants 18 years of age or older who received a 1.5 year health checkup at a health center in Nagano City (Seibu Health Center and Yoshida Health Center) between May and October 2022 2) Able to download the application on their smartphone 3) Written consent has been obtained regarding participation in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) When the principal investigator considers him/her inappropriate to participate this research. (2) When the accompanying person for the infant's medical checkup is other than the parents.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in HLS-EU-Q47 Japanese scores 7 months after the introduction of the application	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1.Change from baseline to 7 months after the introduction of the app in the number of ER visits on holidays and at night during the past 6 months of the time of survey. 2.uMARS(Mobile Application Rating Scale(user version) Scale score	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMasahiko Sakamoto

Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center. Department of Pediatrics

sakuteikyohealth@gmail.com0267-62-8181

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026

Effects of app-based information provision on parents&#39; health literacy and health service utilization: an open-label, non-randomized, parallel-controlled trial