健康和她的应用程序使用改善更年期症状吗? 一个纵向队列研究
Robin Andrews1, Deborah Lancastle2, Kate Bache3
1Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK andrewsR16@cardiff.ac.uk.
BMJ open
|December 30, 2023
概括
在两个月内,对Health & Her应用程序的更多参与与更年期症状的减少有关. 每天使用应用程序功能,如症状记录,进一步改善了女性的症状减轻.
科学领域:
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
- 数字健康数字健康
- 更年期管理管理
背景情况:
- 更年期对女性的生活质量产生重大影响.
- 数字健康工具为管理更年期症状提供了潜在的解决方案.
- 健康和她的应用程序旨在支持妇女通过更年期.
研究的目的:
- 调查持续每周使用Health & Her应用程序与更年期症状的改善之间的关联.
- 为了确定应用程序的使用是否在两个月内预测症状的减少.
主要方法:
- 一项前后纵向队列研究分析了来自1900名Health & Her应用用户的数据.
- 从基线到两个月的症状变化被测量.
- 线性混合效应模型评估了每周应用参与度和特定使用因素对减轻症状的影响,控制共变量.
主要成果:
- 在两个月内,每周使用Health & Her应用程序的参与度增加与显著的症状减少有关.
- 每天使用应用程序活动,症状记录和月经周期跟踪独立预测症状改善.
- 考虑了诸如HRT,荷尔蒙避孕药,并发症,年龄和补充剂使用等共变量.
结论:
- 持续与更年期特定的数字健康应用程序 (如Health & Her) 进行接触,可以显著减少更年期症状.
- 医疗保健提供者应该向妇女告知这种应用程序的可用性和症状管理的好处.
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