Previous studies have identified that women living in developed countries have insufficient knowledge of factors which may be contributing to the increasingly high global infertility rates such as maternal age and assisted reproductive technologies. There is a large market of reproductive health smartphone applications, yet little is known about the advantages these apps may confer to users in regards to reproductive health knowledge. An anonymous, online survey of women living in Australia aged 18 and above was open March–June 2018, until ≥200 responses were acquired for statistical power. Respondents answered questions regarding knowledge about general fertility and related factors (age, cyclic fertility, smoking, obesity, miscarriage rate, and success of assisted reproductive technologies). Fertility knowledge was compared in respondents who did or did not use apps relating to female reproductive health. Additionally the functions preferred in reproductive health apps was described by app using respondents. Sociodemographic information was also collected, and relevant data within the dataset was subject to multivariable modelling for the outcome of the fertility knowledge questions. Of the 673 respondents that completed the survey, 43.09% reported using mobile phone applications relating to female reproductive health. On average, respondents answered only three of the six fertility knowledge questions correctly. App using respondents were more likely to score better on one question, related to fertility during the menstrual cycle (p < 0.001). App users most commonly reported using the menstrual tracking function in apps (82.4%), which may account for the increased knowledge of cyclic fertility. This data provides preliminary evidence toward the usefulness of smartphone applications as a medium for providing information about fertility to women. A limited understanding of one’s own fertility was demonstrated despite being essential for the decision-making of women throughout their reproductive years.

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生殖健康智能手机应用程序与澳大利亚妇女的生育知识之间的关联。

先前的研究已经确定，生活在发达国家的妇女对可能导致诸如孕妇年龄和辅助生殖技术等全球不育率日益升高的因素的认识不足。生殖健康智能手机应用程序的市场很大，但是人们对于这些应用程序在生殖健康知识方面可能赋予用户的优势知之甚少。2018年3月至6月，对居住在澳大利亚的18岁及以上的女性进行的匿名在线调查在2006年3月至6月进行，直到获得≥200份答复以具有统计效力。受访者回答了有关一般生育力和相关因素（年龄，周期性生育力，吸烟，肥胖，流产率以及辅助生殖技术成功与否）的问题。在使用或未使用与女性生殖健康相关的应用程序的受访者中，对生育知识进行了比较。此外，使用应答者的应用还描述了生殖健康应用中的首选功能。还收集了社会人口统计学信息，并对数据集内的相关数据进行了多变量建模，以了解生育知识问题的结果。在完成调查的673位受访者中，有43.09％的人报告使用与女性生殖健康有关的手机应用程序。平均而言，受访者仅正确回答了六个生育知识问题中的三个。使用应用程序的受访者在一个与月经周期生育能力有关的问题上的得分更高的可能性更高（p <0.001）。应用程式使用者最常回报使用应用程式中的月经追踪功能（82.4％），这可能解释了循环生育知识的增加。该数据为智能手机应用程序作为向妇女提供有关生育率信息的媒介的有用性提供了初步证据。尽管对妇女的生育能力至关重要，但对妇女自身的生育能力了解有限。