Jamshidnezhad Amir, Kabootarizadeh Leila, Hoseini Seyed Mohsen
Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Acta Inform Med. 2019 Dec;27(4):263-267. doi: 10.5455/aim.2019.27.263-267.
High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the chronic diseases causing other serious diseases and syndromes. Active involvement of the patient in the management of the disease is crucial in improving self-care and clinical outcomes. Mobile technology is nowadays used widely to improve the self-care process in people with chronic diseases such as hypertension.
The objective of this study was to provide an overview of the existing research evaluating the impact of mobile applications on the self-care of patients with hypertension.
The Scopus and PubMed databases were investigated using a comprehensive search strategy from the beginning of 2010 to 2019. All controlled clinical trial studies as well as quasi-experimental studies used mobile as a device for improving the self-care and conducted on patients with hypertension were included in the study. The studies were reviewed by two independent individuals.
Out of 1032 studies found, 6 studies were finally reviewed after applying the inclusion criteria. Out of 6 studies reviewed, three studies confirmed the effect of using mobile applications on lowering blood pressure. Other studies reported a decline in blood pressure, while statistically significant were not shown.
The results showed that mobile apps have positive potential on improving the self-care behavior of patients with hypertension, but the evidences presenting their impact are varied. Different reports for efficiency of mobile phone apps for the self-care modification was due to diverse condition of studies for mobile intervention on the patients with hypertension.
高血压是引发其他严重疾病和综合征的慢性疾病之一。患者积极参与疾病管理对于改善自我护理和临床结果至关重要。如今，移动技术被广泛用于改善高血压等慢性病患者的自我护理过程。
本研究的目的是概述现有评估移动应用程序对高血压患者自我护理影响的研究。
使用全面搜索策略对Scopus和PubMed数据库进行了2010年初至2019年的调查。所有将移动设备用作改善自我护理手段且针对高血压患者开展的对照临床试验研究以及准实验研究均纳入本研究。由两名独立人员对这些研究进行审查。
在找到的1032项研究中，应用纳入标准后最终审查了6项研究。在审查的6项研究中，三项研究证实了使用移动应用程序对降低血压的作用。其他研究报告了血压下降情况，但未显示出统计学显著性。
结果表明，移动应用程序在改善高血压患者自我护理行为方面具有积极潜力，但证明其影响的证据各不相同。关于移动应用程序对自我护理改善效果的不同报告，是由于针对高血压患者进行移动干预的研究条件各异。
