College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 550 North 19th Street #357, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986270 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6270, USA; FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, USA.
Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2019 May;45(2):197-209. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2019.01.011. Epub 2019 Mar 8.
Mobile applications have the potential to improve health outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whereas other chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure have a well-established presence in the mobile application realm, apps focused on RA are still in their infancy. This article presents an overview of the types of mobile apps that can be used for RA and discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with them.
移动应用程序有可能改善类风湿关节炎 (RA) 患者的健康结果。虽然其他慢性疾病(如糖尿病和心力衰竭)在移动应用程序领域已经得到了很好的应用,但专注于 RA 的应用程序仍处于起步阶段。本文介绍了可用于 RA 的移动应用程序的类型,并讨论了与之相关的机会和挑战。