The Potential of mHealth as a Game Changer for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in India

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic disease that requires lifelong therapy and monitoring. Low drug adherence and poor monitoring may lead to an increase in morbidities and low quality of life. In the era of digital technology, various mobile health (mHealth) apps are being tested for the...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Ravindra, Das, Aparup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33847598
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/25496
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description Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic disease that requires lifelong therapy and monitoring. Low drug adherence and poor monitoring may lead to an increase in morbidities and low quality of life. In the era of digital technology, various mobile health (mHealth) apps are being tested for their potential in increasing drug adherence in patients with SCD. We herewith discuss the applicability and feasibility of these mHealth apps for the management of SCD in India.
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spelling pubmed-80801432021-05-06 The Potential of mHealth as a Game Changer for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in India Kumar, Ravindra Das, Aparup JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Viewpoint Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic disease that requires lifelong therapy and monitoring. Low drug adherence and poor monitoring may lead to an increase in morbidities and low quality of life. In the era of digital technology, various mobile health (mHealth) apps are being tested for their potential in increasing drug adherence in patients with SCD. We herewith discuss the applicability and feasibility of these mHealth apps for the management of SCD in India. JMIR Publications 2021-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8080143/ /pubmed/33847598 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/25496 Text en ©Ravindra Kumar, Aparup Das. Originally published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 13.04.2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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