移动健康应用程序的认知与使用:来自英国的一项研究。
Awareness and Use of mHealth Apps: A Study from England.
作者信息
Kayyali Reem, Peletidi Aliki, Ismail Muhammad, Hashim Zahra, Bandeira Pedro, Bonnah Jennifer
机构信息
School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE UK.
出版信息
Pharmacy (Basel). 2017 Jun 14;5(2):33. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy5020033.
Mobile health (mHealth) solutions have become an inevitable element of the healthcare landscape. The recommendation and use of mHealth is important, but it is often underutilised. This study was conducted in England. It aimed to determine the use and recommendation of mHealth apps by pharmacists, the public's perceptions of mHealth apps in general, and the awareness and use of health apps by diabetic patients in particular. The study used a mixed research approach, utilising a sequence of survey-based questionnaires with pharmacists and the general public, followed by semi-structured interviews with diabetic patients. Pharmacists' questionnaires revealed that 56% of the respondents were aware of health apps, 60% of which recommended them to patients. Over 76% of the individuals owned a smartphone. The types of applications that saw the most use from the general public were health and lifestyle apps (24%), social apps (19%), followed by news (18%). Although eight out of nine diabetic patients owned a smartphone, only three used diabetes apps. Diabetic patients also suggested an interest in using diabetes apps to aid in optimising care via the utilisation of visual aids, reminders, recording patient data, social coaching, and remote collaboration with healthcare professionals (HCPs), but time was seen as the biggest obstacle to using a diabetes mHealth application. Despite the growing number of mHealth apps, the level of awareness and usability of such apps by patients and pharmacists was still relatively low. Nevertheless, the majority who used health apps found them to be beneficial, and the public agreed that it helped them to live a healthier lifestyle. Therefore, health apps have great potential in health promotion. Pharmacists are ideally placed to promote them and make patients more aware of them. To increase the use of these apps, it is necessary to first increase awareness and knowledge of these apps, both to the public and to healthcare professionals.
移动健康(mHealth)解决方案已成为医疗保健领域不可或缺的一部分。移动健康的推荐和使用固然重要,但往往未得到充分利用。本研究在英国开展。其目的是确定药剂师对移动健康应用程序的使用和推荐情况、公众对移动健康应用程序的总体看法,以及糖尿病患者对健康应用程序的认知和使用情况。该研究采用了混合研究方法,先对药剂师和普通公众进行一系列基于调查的问卷调查,随后对糖尿病患者进行半结构化访谈。药剂师的问卷调查显示,56%的受访者知晓健康应用程序,其中60%会向患者推荐。超过76%的人拥有智能手机。普通公众使用最多的应用程序类型是健康与生活方式应用程序(24%)、社交应用程序(19%),其次是新闻应用程序(18%)。虽然九分之八的糖尿病患者拥有智能手机,但只有三人使用糖尿病应用程序。糖尿病患者还表示有兴趣通过使用视觉辅助工具、提醒功能、记录患者数据、社交指导以及与医疗保健专业人员(HCP)进行远程协作来使用糖尿病应用程序以优化护理,但时间被视为使用糖尿病移动健康应用程序的最大障碍。尽管移动健康应用程序的数量不断增加,但患者和药剂师对这类应用程序的认知水平和可用性仍然相对较低。然而,大多数使用健康应用程序的人认为它们有益,公众也认同其有助于他们过上更健康的生活方式。因此,健康应用程序在健康促进方面具有巨大潜力。药剂师处于理想位置来推广它们并提高患者对其的认知度。为了增加这些应用程序的使用,有必要首先提高公众和医疗保健专业人员对这些应用程序的认知和了解。