Asadi Farkhondeh, Rahimi Fatemeh, Ghaderkhany Shady, Almasi Sohrab
Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Clinical Research Development Unit, Kowsar Medical, Educational and Therapeutic Center Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Sanandaj Iran.
Health Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 20;6(2):e1122. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1122. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Considering the rapid spread and transmission of COVID-19 and its high mortality rate, self-care practices are of special importance during this pandemic to prevent and control the spread of the virus. In this regard, electronic health systems can play a major role in improving self-care practices related to coronavirus disease. This study aimed to review the electronic health technologies used in each of the constituent elements of the self-care (self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This scoping review was conducted based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework. In this study, the specific keywords related to "electronic health," "self-care," and "COVID-19" were searched on PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google.
Of the 47 articles reviewed, most articles (27 articles) were about self-care monitoring and aimed to monitor the vital signs of patients. The results showed that the use of electronic health tools mainly focuses on training in the control and prevention of coronavirus disease during this pandemic, in the field of self-care maintenance, and medication management, communication, and consultation with healthcare providers, in the field of self-care management. Moreover, the most commonly used electronic health technologies were mobile web applications, smart vital signs monitoring devices, and social networks, respectively.
The study findings suggested that the use of electronic health technologies, such as mobile web applications and social networks, can effectively improve self-care practices for coronavirus disease. In addition, such technologies can be applied by health policymakers and disease control and prevention centers to better manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
鉴于新冠病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的迅速传播及其高死亡率，自我护理措施在此次大流行期间对于预防和控制病毒传播具有特别重要的意义。在这方面，电子健康系统在改善与冠状病毒病相关的自我护理措施方面可以发挥重要作用。本研究旨在回顾在COVID-19大流行期间自我护理的各个组成要素（自我护理维持、自我护理监测和自我护理管理）中所使用的电子健康技术。
本综述性研究基于阿克西和奥马利的框架进行。在本研究中，在PubMed、科学网、Scopus和谷歌上搜索了与“电子健康”、“自我护理”和“COVID-19”相关的特定关键词。
在所审查的47篇文章中，大多数文章（27篇）是关于自我护理监测的，旨在监测患者的生命体征。结果表明，电子健康工具的使用主要集中在本次大流行期间冠状病毒病的防控培训、自我护理维持领域以及自我护理管理领域中与医疗服务提供者的药物管理、沟通和咨询。此外，最常用的电子健康技术分别是移动网络应用程序、智能生命体征监测设备和社交网络。
研究结果表明，使用移动网络应用程序和社交网络等电子健康技术可以有效改善冠状病毒病的自我护理措施。此外，此类技术可供卫生政策制定者和疾病防控中心应用，以更好地管理COVID-19大流行。
