Arulnathan Aaganya, Vaaheesan Sayan, Denecke Kerstin
Berner Fachhochschule, Biel, Switzerland.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;259:113-116.
Patients suffering from heart failure disease have to regularly measure and document health data such as weight and blood pressure. Currently, the data gets lost or is not recorded on a regular basis due to missing reminders and lack of motivation in patients. To address these problems, we introduce a concept for an electronic heart diary (EHD), a mobile application that supports in data collection and motivates the patient. The requirements towards a digital heart diary were collected in discussions with stakeholders in a collaborating hospital. The EHD, allows patients to record their measurement data or even transfer it from a health device to the app. The data is stored in a database that can be accessed with permission of a patient by health professionals through a web application for monitoring purposes. In this way, a worsening of the disease can be detected in an early stage and actions can be taken. This can increase patient safety and prevent rehospitalisation. For motivation and supporting a long-term use of the app, we included methods for gamification and nudging into the application.
患有心力衰竭疾病的患者必须定期测量并记录体重和血压等健康数据。目前，由于缺少提醒以及患者缺乏积极性，这些数据会丢失或无法定期记录。为了解决这些问题，我们引入了电子心脏日记（EHD）的概念，这是一款支持数据收集并激励患者的移动应用程序。在与一家合作医院的利益相关者进行讨论时收集了对数字心脏日记的要求。电子心脏日记允许患者记录他们的测量数据，甚至可以将其从健康设备传输到应用程序。数据存储在数据库中，医疗专业人员可以在获得患者许可的情况下，通过网络应用程序访问该数据库以进行监测。通过这种方式，可以在疾病早期检测到病情恶化并采取行动。这可以提高患者安全性并防止再次住院。为了激励并支持长期使用该应用程序，我们在应用程序中纳入了游戏化和助推方法。
