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Using mobile applications and websites for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in Spain
Marina Guisado-Clavero1, Sara Ares-Blanco1, Lubna Dani Ben Abdellah2
1Centro de Salud Federica Montseny, Dirección Asistencial Sudeste, Madrid, España.
Introduction:
New tools are needed for early evaluation of patients who could be infected by COVID-19 during this pandemic. M-Health (apps) could be a solution in this setting to evaluate a COVID-19 diagnosis. The aim of this study was to describe which COVID-19s apps are available in Spain.
Methods:
We made a review of the diagnosis apps and websites of the different regions of Spain. We described the different characteristics of each app.
Results:
We analyzed 6 apps, 5 corresponding to Autonomous Communities and one from the Ministry of Health, as well as 4 website test from the respectively health region. There were detected multiples differences between the m-Health methods analysed from the information collected to the information shared to citizens. However, all m-Health methods asked about the classic triad symptoms: fever, cough and dyspnoea.
Conclusion:
Although the COVID-19 Spanish crisis have been lead from the Ministry of Health, it has been detected different methods to apply m-Health though the multiple Spanish regions.
