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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2020

Acceptability and practicability of self-management for patients with Parkinson's disease based on smartphone applications in China.

J Hu, D Z Yuan, Q Y Zhao, X F Wang, X T Zhang, Q H Jiang, H R Luo, J Li, J H Ran, J F Li

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Article in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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J HuDepartment of Anatomy, and Laboratory of Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Basic Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, No.1, Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
D Z YuanDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Q Y ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
X F WangDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
X T ZhangDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Q H JiangDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
H R LuoDepartment of Anatomy, and Laboratory of Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Basic Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, No.1, Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.
J LiDepartment of Anatomy, and Laboratory of Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Basic Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, No.1, Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing, 400010, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6971-2602
J H RanDepartment of Anatomy, and Laboratory of Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Basic Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, No.1, Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing, 400010, China. ranjianhua@cqmu.edu.cn.
J F LiDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Chongqing, 400010, China. liJinfang@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.
Dalian Medical University · CNChongqing Medical University · CN

Funding

Chongqing Science and Technology Development Foundation cstc2015shms-ztzx10009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChina has had about 1.2 billion mobile-phone users, and this number continues to grow. However, mobile-health services (mHealth) are currently in the initial stage, and have not yet prevailed in China. Additionally, the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in China is 1700/100,000 (≥65 years). Indeed, these PD patients would benefit from mHealth to manage their disease. Therefore, we designed a study to determine attitudes toward smartphone applications (apps) for chronic condition self-management, and to discover the practicality of these apps among PD patients in China.

methodsWe selected 204 participants with PD between 52 and 87 years old and surveyed their attitudes concerning the use of smartphone apps for chronic condition management via questionnaires.

resultsAmong the participants, 65.19% had smartphones. Among these smartphone users, 82.84% expressed a preference for using apps for PD management. This group tended to be younger and more frequent web users with higher education and better medication compliance, and they tended to have a longer PD course and worse conditions (P < 0.001, P = 0.001, P < 0.001, P = 0.041, P < 0.001, P = 0.013). Additionally, the willingness to apply apps for PD self-management was positively related to education (P < 0.001) and negatively related to age and PD course (P = 0.017, P < 0.001).

conclusionIn China, patients with PD have a generally positive attitude towards self-management through smartphone apps. Consequently, improving the coverage of smartphones with practical and handy apps is a promising strategy for PD self-management.

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Mobile ApplicationsParkinson DiseaseSelf-ManagementAgedAged, 80 and overChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSmartphoneChronic managementmHealthParkinson’s diseaseSmartphone apps

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