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What Kind Of A Mobile Health App Do Patients Truly Want? A Pilot Study Among Ambulatory Surgery Patients

BACKGROUND: An increasing number of surgeries are performed as ambulatory surgeries, and mobile health applications (m-health apps) have therefore been designed to help provide patients with more convenient health-care services and improve the working efficiency of health-care professionals (HCPs)....

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Autores principales: Tang, Meng-Yan, Li, Zhi-Chao, Dai, Yan, Li, Xiao-Ling
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31824139
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S220207
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author Tang, Meng-Yan
Li, Zhi-Chao
Dai, Yan
Li, Xiao-Ling
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description BACKGROUND: An increasing number of surgeries are performed as ambulatory surgeries, and mobile health applications (m-health apps) have therefore been designed to help provide patients with more convenient health-care services and improve the working efficiency of health-care professionals (HCPs). To find an effective approach to design such m-health apps, a study to evaluate ambulatory surgery patients’ preferences is necessary. METHODS: A structured questionnaire was distributed to 360 patients undergoing ambulatory surgery to understand their demographic characteristics, preferences regarding the features and functions of m-health apps and willingness to engage with m-health apps. RESULTS: In total, 84.16% of ambulatory surgery patients stated that they would be willing to engage with an m-health app during the perioperative period. In addition, their top 10 necessary features and functions of m-health apps were related mainly to ambulatory surgery and communication with HCPs. Furthermore, younger age (χ(2)=10.42, p<0.01), employment (χ(2)=9.04, p<0.01), higher education (χ(2)=13.67, p<0.01), longer daily use of phones (χ(2)=11.84, p<0.01) and more frequent usage of m-health apps (χ(2)=23.23, p<0.01) were associated with patients’ willingness to engage with m-health apps, but only more frequent usage of m-health apps (OR=2.97, 95% CI=1.54–5.71, p<0.01) was found to be a predictor. CONCLUSION: This study presents an initial evaluation of ambulatory surgery patients’ preferences regarding m-health apps. Gaining these insights will be useful to help us design an evidence-based, highly functional m-health app that best meets the needs of patients undergoing ambulatory surgery.
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spelling pubmed-69004042019-12-10 What Kind Of A Mobile Health App Do Patients Truly Want? A Pilot Study Among Ambulatory Surgery Patients Tang, Meng-Yan Li, Zhi-Chao Dai, Yan Li, Xiao-Ling Patient Prefer Adherence Original Research BACKGROUND: An increasing number of surgeries are performed as ambulatory surgeries, and mobile health applications (m-health apps) have therefore been designed to help provide patients with more convenient health-care services and improve the working efficiency of health-care professionals (HCPs). To find an effective approach to design such m-health apps, a study to evaluate ambulatory surgery patients’ preferences is necessary. METHODS: A structured questionnaire was distributed to 360 patients undergoing ambulatory surgery to understand their demographic characteristics, preferences regarding the features and functions of m-health apps and willingness to engage with m-health apps. RESULTS: In total, 84.16% of ambulatory surgery patients stated that they would be willing to engage with an m-health app during the perioperative period. In addition, their top 10 necessary features and functions of m-health apps were related mainly to ambulatory surgery and communication with HCPs. Furthermore, younger age (χ(2)=10.42, p<0.01), employment (χ(2)=9.04, p<0.01), higher education (χ(2)=13.67, p<0.01), longer daily use of phones (χ(2)=11.84, p<0.01) and more frequent usage of m-health apps (χ(2)=23.23, p<0.01) were associated with patients’ willingness to engage with m-health apps, but only more frequent usage of m-health apps (OR=2.97, 95% CI=1.54–5.71, p<0.01) was found to be a predictor. CONCLUSION: This study presents an initial evaluation of ambulatory surgery patients’ preferences regarding m-health apps. Gaining these insights will be useful to help us design an evidence-based, highly functional m-health app that best meets the needs of patients undergoing ambulatory surgery. Dove 2019-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6900404/ /pubmed/31824139 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S220207 Text en © 2019 Tang et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900404/
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