Interest in a Mobile App for Two-Way Risk Communication: A Survey Study Among European Healthcare Professionals and Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previously, an app has been developed for healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients to report adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to national medicines agencies and to receive drug safety information.

Objective

This study aimed to assess (1) European HCPs' and patients' interest in an app for this two-way risk communication; (2) their preferences and perceptions towards specific app characteristics; and (3) which HCPs and patients are particularly interested in the app. In addition, these aspects were studied specifically for the countries where such an app was already available, i.e. Croatia, The Netherlands, and The UK.

Methods

European HCPs and patients were asked to complete a web-based survey developed in the context of the Web-Recognizing Adverse Drug

SUBMITTER: de Vries ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990568 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature