Data were illustrated using a color-coding scheme and daily calendar format. The user can record symptoms, moods, vital signs, activities, nutrition, body temperature, blood pressure, and medications. Most of the assessed apps enabled setting user goals, motivations, and interactivity, to be able to track multiple symptoms or mood changes, and simultaneously to allow the user to detect potential correlations between symptoms and onset of their period. PRISMA diagram for iTunes and Google Play search results.
#PERIOD TRACKER APP ANDROID#
Therefore, the aim of the current study was to perform a systematic review using a comprehensive search strategy to identify relevant smartphone apps related to period tracking, which are available at the App Store and Android Google Play Stores, and determine their composition and quality/effectiveness. In addition, consumers' decisions to select apps are steered by marketing jargon and users' reviews as there are no official or reliable quality markers. Despite this, differences between these apps by effectiveness, overall quality, included features, and numerically using these features to reduce ovulation prediction errors have been scarcely reported. Therefore, fertility awareness-based methods accessed by a mobile app without the requirement to interact with health professionals are considered a unique method that helps in tracking ovulation cycles and fertility symptoms. In addition, they offer guidance on the use of contraceptives and information about their side effects, available services, and reminders of routine activities that enhance medication adherence. These features include reminders, graphic analysis, feedback, medications, health education, interactive questions, and connectivity to social media or their own social network.
Mobile applications can be valuable tools to help women track their periods, as they offer effective features for self-care and symptom management. Additionally, such apps provided cost-effective, timely, and easily accessible methods for health promotion among different populations. Positive results were also reported for autism, heart failure, weight management, smoking reduction, and overall lifestyle improvement. For example, a meta-analysis of 1657 diabetic patients has shown 5% reduction in HbA1c values among those who used diabetes-related apps for self-management. Moreover, mobile app use was reported to enhance the outcomes of several chronic illnesses and health issues. Globally, mobile health apps were found to have a great impact on health behaviors by symptom monitoring and management utilizing a wide range of positive health outcomes. Monitoring ovulation time also provides a better understanding of women's own bodies and mental states and facilitates noticing early bodily symptoms such as the appearance of cervical secretions several days prior to ovulation. Awareness of a woman about her own fertility is important for her to understand patterns of ovulation and menstrual cycle necessary for pregnancy planning or practicing contraception. The menstrual cycle is considered a biological marker that predicts women's general health.
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