Effectiveness of fertility awareness–based methods for pregnancy prevention: a systematic review

RP Urrutia, CB Polis, ET Jensen… - Obstetrics & …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To summarize best available prospective data on typical and perfect use
effectiveness of fertility awareness–based methods for avoiding pregnancy. DATA …

Real-world menstrual cycle characteristics of more than 600,000 menstrual cycles

JR Bull, SP Rowland, EB Scherwitzl, R Scherwitzl… - NPJ digital …, 2019 - nature.com
The use of apps that record detailed menstrual cycle data presents a new opportunity to
study the menstrual cycle. The aim of this study is to describe menstrual cycle characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Do fertility tracking applications offer women useful information about their fertile window?

R Ali, ZB Gürtin, JC Harper - Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2021 - Elsevier
Research question To characterize mobile fertility tracking applications (apps) to determine
the use of such apps for women trying to conceive by identifying the fertile window. Design …

[HTML][HTML] User profile and preferences in fertility apps for preventing pregnancy: an exploratory pilot study

MS Starling, Z Kandel, L Haile, RG Simmons - Mhealth, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The rapid proliferation of fertility apps has created a market that has the
potential to address the needs of women and couples worldwide. Some women who seek to …

Smartphone applications for period tracking: rating and behavioral change among women users

RA Karasneh, SI Al-Azzam, KH Alzoubi… - Obstetrics and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The use of mobile apps for health and well‐being has grown exponentially in
the last decade, as such apps were reported to be ideal platforms for behavioral change and …

A scoping review of the information provided by fertility smartphone applications

EA Ford, AE Peters, SD Roman, EA McLaughlin… - Human …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The growth of smartphone application use across areas of female reproductive health has
led to increased interest into their functions and benefits. This scoping review aims to …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between the menstrual cycle and timing of ovulation revealed by new protocols: analysis of data from a self-tracking health app

S Sohda, K Suzuki, I Igari - Journal of medical Internet research, 2017 - jmir.org
Background There are many mobile phone apps aimed at helping women map their
ovulation and menstrual cycles and facilitating successful conception (or avoiding …

Perfect-and typical-use effectiveness of the Dot fertility app over 13 cycles: results from a prospective contraceptive effectiveness trial

V Jennings, LT Haile, RG Simmons… - … European Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: Dynamic Optimal Timing (Dot) is a smartphone application (app) that
estimates the menstrual cycle fertile window based on the user's menstrual period start …

Typical use effectiveness of Natural Cycles: postmarket surveillance study investigating the impact of previous contraceptive choice on the risk of unintended …

J Bull, S Rowland, O Lundberg… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the association between contraceptive effectiveness of Natural
Cycles and users' previous choice of contraceptive, and to evaluate the impact of shifting …

Estimating six-cycle efficacy of the Dot app for pregnancy prevention

VH Jennings, LT Haile, RG Simmons, HM Fultz… - Contraception, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To assess six-cycle perfect and typical use efficacy of Dynamic Optimal Timing
(Dot), an algorithm-based fertility app that identifies the fertile window of the menstrual cycle …