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Home monitoring can enhance the early detection and management of pregnancy-related hypertension, while also empowering women to take an active role in their own health care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"objective\">\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of contactless BP monitoring using the Anura smartphone app and to compare it to conventional manual cuff measurements. This was done in normotensive and high-risk pregnancies, as well as in women diagnosed with preeclampsia. A secondary objective was to assess women\u2019s experience using the Anura app.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pregnant women with normotensive or high-risk pregnancies were enrolled from pregnancy weeks 8\u201014, and women with preeclampsia were enrolled at the time of diagnosis. The 3 study groups consisted of 132 women with normotensive pregnancies, 40 women with high-risk pregnancies, and 87 women with preeclampsia. They were instructed to use the Anura smartphone app and perform a 30-second facial scan, alongside manual BP measurements, throughout pregnancy. Differences between the 2 methods were analyzed with linear mixed models accounting for repeated measures, reporting beta coefficients with 95% CIs, stratified by patient group and trimester. Outliers were detected visually in the Bland-Altman plots. A digital survey was answered in the Anura app at gestational weeks 37\u201039, about their experiences using the Anura app.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 4932 BP measurements were recorded with Anura, of which 539 had corresponding manual measurements. In normotensive pregnancies, Anura consistently showed slightly higher diastolic values (approximately 5\u20107 mm Hg) and lower systolic values, with significant differences in the second and third trimesters. In high-risk pregnancies, both the systolic and diastolic BP were generally lower with Anura, especially in the second and third trimesters, while women with preeclampsia showed the largest differences, with Anura clearly showing lower systolic and diastolic values. Bland-Altman analyses confirmed these patterns and showed increasing variability and wider limits of agreement in the high-risk pregnancies with preeclampsia. Of 172 women with normotensive and high-risk pregnancies, 56 (32.5%) evaluated their experiences that were predominantly positive, with high perceived safety, better control, and a feeling of increased responsibility for their own health. Some experienced the measurement as somewhat uncomfortable.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Anura app is well accepted by pregnant women and supported them to take an active role in their own health care. Agreement with manual BP measurements was acceptable in normotensive pregnancies but lower in high-risk and preeclamptic pregnancies. These findings indicate potential for Anura as a complementary self-monitoring tool. 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