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Apps to Support Self-Management for People With Hypertension: Content Analysis

Chi Yan Hui1, Emily Creamer2, Hilary Pinnock1

  • 1Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth
|June 5, 2019
PubMed

Insights

Mobile apps for hypertension management primarily offer basic features like blood pressure logging and lifestyle advice. Enhanced features, such as social support, show weak correlations with downloads, indicating a need for broader app functionality.

Area of Science:

  • Digital health interventions
  • Mobile health (mHealth) applications
  • Hypertension self-management

Background:

  • Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) is crucial for effective supported self-management in hypertension.
  • Mobile applications may play a role in mediating HBPM and broader self-management support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify self-management features in available mobile health apps for hypertension.
  • To determine associations between app features, download frequency, and user ratings.

Main Methods:

  • Searched major app stores and health libraries for UK-available high blood pressure apps.
  • Extracted app features, download numbers, and user ratings.
  • Mapped features to the PRISMS taxonomy and used regression analysis to assess associations.

Main Results:

  • 151 apps were included, with common features including BP logging, lifestyle advice, and hypertension information.
  • Most PRISMS taxonomy components were rarely featured.
  • Social support features weakly correlated with downloads; BP monitor-specific apps showed weak association with higher ratings.

Conclusions:

  • Current hypertension apps offer limited functionality, primarily focusing on BP logging and basic advice.
  • Future app development should expand features to provide more comprehensive and flexible self-management support.
  • Broader app functionalities are needed to cater to the diverse needs of individuals managing hypertension.
Abstract

Keywords:
hypertensionmobile appself-managementtelehealthtelemedicine

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