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High blood pressure would present in postpartum women diagnosed with hypertension during their perinatal period. Few studies are available regarding the self-management of postnatal hypertension via the eHealth system. This study aimed to develop a self-management eHealth system for women with postnatal hypertension during the postpartum period. We applied this system on multi-platform, not only on web interface but also on the platform of varied smartphones. The proposed system possessed three novel features: (1) Population was limited to postnatal women with hypertension; (2) self-care record, which allowed the postnatal women to keep tracking their blood pressure, pulse, weight, medication record, exercise record, and risk factor assessment; and (3) through this system, nurse-midwife could keep track of postnatal women's health status maintaining the complete record and could communicate directly with the users if their health monitor values reach beyond normal range. A survey was conducted among the postnatal women to evaluate the usability and acceptance of the eHealth system. The results showed that the overall satisfaction rate of the system reached 94.9% suggesting that the system was helpful to the users. |
