eDoula Feasibility and Acceptability

Description

eDoula is an app that will give patients reading material and videos to watch based on their due date. It also provides helpful postpartum guidance. First, patients without access to the app will be recruited and surveyed on their labor and satisfaction outcomes. Then, recruitment will begin for the intervention arm of the study. Participants will be recruited to use the app and complete a survey during the postpartum period.

Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

eDoula is an app that will give patients reading material and videos to watch based on their due date. It also provides helpful postpartum guidance. First, patients without access to the app will be recruited and surveyed on their labor and satisfaction outcomes. Then, recruitment will begin for the intervention arm of the study. Participants will be recruited to use the app and complete a survey during the postpartum period.

eDoula: The Feasibility and Acceptability of Mobile Application in Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth Support

eDoula Feasibility and Acceptability

Condition
Pregnancy Related
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Portland

Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Nulliparous
  • * Singleton pregnancy
  • * English speaking
  • * Own a smart phone or other device capable of downloading and running the eDoula app
  • * Delivered at 36 weeks 0 days gestation or later
  • * Able to labor
  • * Planned cesarean delivery
  • * Pregnancy complications including placenta accreta spectrum, vasa previa, intrauterine fetal demise, or known major fetal anomaly
  • * Delivery planned at a location other than Oregon Health and Science University

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Oregon Health and Science University,

Fei Cai, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Oregon Health and Science University

Study Record Dates

2026-06