de la Torre Díez Isabel, Garcia-Zapirain Begoña, López-Coronado Miguel, Rodrigues Joel J P C, Del Pozo Vegas Carlos
Department of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15, 47011, Valladolid, Spain.
University of Deusto, Avenida de las Universidades 24, 48007, Bilbao, Spain.
J Med Syst. 2017 Jul;41(7):109. doi: 10.1007/s10916-017-0753-0. Epub 2017 May 29.
Modern-day society has moved towards a more sedentary lifestyle. Advances in technology and changes in habits in our daily lives have led a large part of the population towards a spiralling sedentary lifestyle and obesity. The main objective of this work is to develop and subsequently assess a mobile app, named DietApp, that provides advice about obtaining a healthy diet according to age, clinical history and physical condition. DietApp has been developed for iOS and Android systems, and a survey comprising 7 simple questions enabled the app to be evaluated on a user level by taking into account aspects such as its usefulness and ease of use. DietApp was assessed by 150 Spanish individuals between 18 and 69 years of age, and 84% of them thought it was easy to use. 80% of users also considered the dietary suggestions provided by the app to be very useful while 62% were of the opinion that it is very useful in general. All of them would recommend the app to other users. During the six months when the app was used, any dietary excess or shortcomings were corrected in 72% of those interviewed. A mobile app has been created that is easy to use and attractive, providing personalised suggestions according to illness that are useful for the individual.
现代社会已朝着更加久坐不动的生活方式发展。技术进步和日常生活习惯的改变使很大一部分人陷入了不断升级的久坐生活方式和肥胖问题。这项工作的主要目标是开发并随后评估一款名为DietApp的移动应用程序，该应用程序可根据年龄、临床病史和身体状况提供有关获取健康饮食的建议。DietApp已针对iOS和安卓系统开发，一项包含7个简单问题的调查能够从用户层面评估该应用程序，评估时考虑了其有用性和易用性等方面。150名年龄在18至69岁之间的西班牙人对DietApp进行了评估，其中84%的人认为它易于使用。80%的用户还认为该应用程序提供的饮食建议非常有用，而62%的人认为它总体上非常有用。他们所有人都会向其他用户推荐该应用程序。在使用该应用程序的六个月期间，72%的受访者纠正了饮食过量或不足的问题。一款易于使用且颇具吸引力的移动应用程序已创建出来，它能根据疾病提供个性化建议，对个人很有用。
