Migo Ellen M, Haynes Becky I, Harris Lara, Friedner Kim, Humphreys Kate, Kopelman Michael D
a Academic Unit of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine , Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London , London , UK and.
b Neuropsychiatry and Memory Disorders Clinic, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas's Hospital , London , UK.
J Ment Health. 2015;24(5):266-70. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2014.951479. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
The use of mobile devices to deliver healthcare has not yet been exploited in neuropsychological rehabilitation. Smartphones have the potential to serve as multi-functional memory aids.
To investigate whether patients attending a clinic for mixed memory problems own smartphones, to determine whether this could be a widely applicable medium to use as a memory aids device.
A questionnaire on smartphone ownership was given to an opportunity sample of consecutive patients attending a neuropsychiatry and memory disorders outpatient clinic. Data were collected in 2012 and repeated 12 months later in 2013 to assess changes over time.
Ownership of mobile phones was stable between 2012 (81%) and 2013 (85%), but ownership of smartphones showed a significant increase (from 26% to 40%). Age negatively predicted smartphone ownership.
Despite cognitive or psychiatric problems, our patient group are as likely to own a mobile phone as a member of the general population. Ownership levels are at 40% and likely to increase in the future. Exploring how smartphones and their apps could function as memory aids is likely to be useful for a large enough number of patients to be clinically worthwhile.
在神经心理康复中，利用移动设备提供医疗服务尚未得到充分开发。智能手机有潜力充当多功能记忆辅助工具。
调查因各种记忆问题前往诊所就诊的患者是否拥有智能手机，以确定这是否可能成为一种广泛适用的用作记忆辅助设备的媒介。
向一家神经精神病学和记忆障碍门诊诊所连续就诊的患者进行随机抽样，发放一份关于智能手机拥有情况的问卷。数据于2012年收集，并于12个月后的2013年再次收集，以评估随时间的变化。
2012年（81%）至2013年（85%）期间，手机拥有率稳定，但智能手机拥有率显著上升（从26%升至40%）。年龄对智能手机拥有率有负面预测作用。
尽管存在认知或精神问题，但我们的患者群体拥有手机的可能性与普通人群相当。拥有率为40%，且未来可能会上升。探索智能手机及其应用程序如何作为记忆辅助工具发挥作用，对于大量患者而言可能具有临床价值。
