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ArticleBMC anesthesiology2020

Acceptance of mHealth among health professionals: a case study on anesthesia practitioners.

Hugo Carvalho, Michael Verdonck, Patrice Forget, Jan Poelaert

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Article in BMC anesthesiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03750084 (Anaesthesia and mHealth), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Anaesthesia and mHealth

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversitair Ziekenhuis BrusselRan2019 to 2020Enrolled400ConditionsAnesthesia, Cell Phone, Mobile ApplicationsArmsquestionary
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Internet, Apps, and the Anesthesiologist.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hugo CarvalhoVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium. carvalho.hn@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5784-5480
Michael VerdonckVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1927-3151
Patrice ForgetInstitute of Applied Health Sciences, NHS Grampian, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5772-8439
Jan PoelaertVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0065-2899

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundmHealth, the practice of medicine aided by mobile devices is a growing market. Although the offer on Anesthesia applications (Apps) is quite prolific, representative formal assessments on the views of anesthesia practitioners on its use and potential place in daily practice is lacking. This survey aimed thus to cross-assess the Belgian anesthesia population on the use of smartphone Apps and peripherals.

methodsThe survey was exclusively distributed as an online anonymous questionnaire. Sharing took place via hyperlink forwarding by the Belgian Society for Anesthesia and Reanimation (BSAR) and by the Belgian Association for Regional Anesthesia (BARA) to all registered members. The first answer took place on 5 September 2018, the last on 22 January 2019.

resultsThree hundred forty-nine answers were obtained (26.9% corresponding to trainees, 73.1% to specialists). Anesthesiologists were positively confident that Apps and peripherals could help improve anesthesia care (57.0 and 47.9%, respectively, scored 4 or 5, in a scale from 0 to 5). Trainees were significantly more confident than specialists on both mobile Apps (71.2% and 51.8%, respectively; p = 0.001) and peripherals (77.7% and 45.1%, respectively; p = 0.09). The usefulness of Apps and Peripherals was rated 1 or below (on a 0 to 5 scale), respectively, by 9.5 and 14.6% of the total surveyed population, being specialists proportionally less confident in Smartphone peripherals than trainees (p = 0.008). Mobile apps are actively used by a significantly higher proportional number of trainees (67.0% vs. 37.3%, respectively; p = 0.000001). The preferred category of mobile Apps was dose-calculating applications (39.15%), followed by digital books (21. 1%) and Apps for active perioperative monitoring (20.0%).

conclusionsBelgian Anesthesia practitioners show a global positive attitude towards smartphone Apps and Peripherals, with trainees trending to be more confident than specialists.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov database Identifier: NCT03750084. Retrospectively registered on 21 November 2018.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelAnesthesiologistsAnesthesiologyBelgiumHumansMobile ApplicationsTelemedicineAnesthesiaAppsmHealthSmartphone applicationSmartphone peripherals

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PMID32126985
PMCPMC7053134

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