PREVENTION OF TORCH CONGENITAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDBEARING AGE WOMEN AND PREGNANT WOMEN - USABILITY TESTING AND KNOWLEDGE UPTAKE EVALUATION AFTER EXPOSURE TO DEDICATED E-HEALTH TOOLS.

Introduction: Risk reduction of TORCH congenital infections mainly involves prevention of infection prepregnancy and during pregnancy by educating the target population. We developed and tested a support system for women who would like to conceive and for pregnant women. Objectives: We assesed the usability of www.torch.ro website and MAMI smartphone application in a group of adult women of fertile age (18-49 years old). Our second aim was to asses the knowledge gain following their use in a group of pregnant women. Methods: We evaluated the usability, credibility, loyalty and appearance using Standardized User Experience Percentile Rank Questionnaire (SUPR-Q) which was completed online by 171 women of childbearing age. For knowledge evaluation, we developed a test-questionnaire and distributed to 61 pregnant women. Results: The participants had a good experience, as reflected by SUPR-Q of 4.47 out of 5. 74% of users have qualified as promoters, which imply that they are likely to recommend the website/app; the best scoring categories were trust, credibility and loyalty - score of 4.49/5. Majority (59.6%, n = 102) answered that they will definitely apply the measures of prevention of TORCH infections acquired in case of a next/future pregnancy and 28.7% (n = 49) said they will probably do so. There was an increase in the number of correct answers for almost all the questions, with a maximum increment of 21.3% for individual questions. Overall, there was a difference of plus 86 correct answers after exposure which represents 16% increase compared to initial number of correct answers of 535. Conclusion: End-user experience of website and smartphone app MAMI was evaluated as positive by the participants. The tools are trustworthy, credible and women who have used them are very likely to recommend them hence increasing the awareness about TORCH infections prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]