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Benchmarking of mobile apps on heart failure
Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari1, Raquel Sampaio Florêncio1, Thiago Santos Garces1
1Universidade Estadual do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
|October 6, 2021
Summary
Mobile apps for heart failure offer varied content and good usability for patients. Further development is needed to create more comprehensive applications for managing heart failure effectively.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Digital Health
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Heart failure is a significant global health concern.
- Mobile applications are increasingly used for health management.
- Assessing the quality and usability of these apps is crucial for patient care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze available mobile applications for heart failure.
- To evaluate the usability of these heart failure applications.
- To identify content and functionalities of current heart failure apps.
Main Methods:
- Systematic research and benchmarking of 38 mobile applications.
- Analysis of general information, functionalities, and usability.
- Usability assessment using standardized questionnaires and statistical tests.
Main Results:
- Predominantly English language apps (73.7%) targeted patients (71.1%).
- Disease knowledge was the main theme (34.2%).
- Usability scores were high, ranging from 92.1% to 94.7% (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
- Mobile applications for heart failure demonstrate adequate usability.
- Current apps offer varied content, with a focus on disease knowledge.
- There is a need for more comprehensive mobile solutions for heart failure management.
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