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Patient Satisfaction with Mobile Health (mHealth) Application for Exercise Intervention in Breast Cancer Survivors.
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Systems; Dec2018, Vol. 42 Issue 12, p1-1, 1p, 3 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This study aimed to assess user satisfaction with mobile health (mHealth) application in breast cancer survivors after a 12-week exercise program and provide developers with reference points for mHealth applications from the perspective of patients and physicians. This is a retrospective review of prospectively collected multicenter data of 88 breast cancer survivors who carried out a 12-week exercise program via smartphone application with pedometer. Personalized programs including aerobic and resistance exercise were prescribed by physiatrists. Also, telephone counseling was performed at the 3rd and 9th week. All patients completed the user satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the intervention. The mean achievement rates of aerobic and resistance exercise for 12 weeks were 78.8 and 71.3%, respectively. The mean score of overall satisfaction rated on the 5-point Likert scale was 4.22 ± 0.73. When the patients were grouped according to age, the overall satisfaction score increased significantly with age (P = 0.040). Also, the satisfaction scores of patients with radiotherapy were significantly higher than patients without radiotherapy (P = 0.001). In terms of system characteristics, the most satisfying was data transmission accuracy (4.32 ± 0.74). In addition, patients were very satisfied with telephone counseling (4.55 ± 0.62). The results suggest the direction of mHealth should go to meet the detailed requirements of the specific user group as a more targeted approach. In addition, if a mutual feedback platform can be implanted in mHealth applications, it will increase user loyalty and make mHealth a more available motivational technology in our lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXERCISE & psychology
AEROBIC exercises
BREAST tumors
CANCER patients
CANCER patient psychology
COMPUTER network protocols
LONGITUDINAL method
MEDICAL cooperation
PATIENT satisfaction
PHYSIATRISTS
PHYSICAL fitness
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STATISTICS
TELEMEDICINE
PEDOMETERS
DATA analysis
PRE-tests & post-tests
RETROSPECTIVE studies
MOBILE apps
DATA analysis software
PATIENTS' attitudes
PHYSICIANS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESISTANCE training
MANN Whitney U Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01485598
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Systems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133352437
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-1096-1