Smartphone Apps to Support Self-Management of Hypertension: Review and Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension is a widespread chronic disease, and its effective treatment requires self-management by patients. Health-related apps provide an effective way of supporting hypertension self-management. However, the increasing range and variety of hypertension apps available on the market, owing to the global growth in apps, creates the need for patients and health care professionals to be informed about the effectiveness of these apps and the levels of privacy and security that they provide.

Objective

This study aimed to describe and assess all available apps supporting hypertension self-management in the most popular app stores and investigate their functionalities.

Methods

In January 2018, the UK Apple and Google Play stores were scanned for all free and p

SUBMITTER: Alessa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658295 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature