فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Mobile app education is one of the new educational models. Hence, the purposeof this study was to determine the effectiveness of mobile app intervention on knowledge, attitude,and practice of youth for a healthy marriage.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This quasi‑experimental study was conducted in 2019 on 88 youngpeople who were selected by simple random sampling in premarital counseling center of Falavarjancity (Isfahan). Then, participants were randomly allocated to an intervention and a control group.Mobile application intervention was installed on the intervention group’s mobiles. Data were collectedby questionnaire in two times. Data were analyzed using paired t‑test and independent t‑test.RESULTS: The mean (Standard deviation) of couples’ age was 21.11 (5.06) years. The resultsshowed that after the installation of educational consulting app in the intervention group, the meanscore of knowledge (P = 0.001), attitude (P = 0.001), and practice (P = 0.001) after intervention weresignificantly higher than before the intervention.CONCLUSION: Mobile‑based educational and counseling app increases couples’ knowledge,attitude, and practice in premarital education. Therefore, it is recommended that this type ofeducation (mobile app) be used to promote premarriage education classes.