Acceptability and practicability of self-management for patients with Parkinson's disease based on smartphone applications in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China has had about 1.2 billion mobile-phone users, and this number continues to grow. However, mobile-health services (mHealth) are currently in the initial stage, and have not yet prevailed in China. Additionally, the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in China is 1700/100,000 (≥65 years). Indeed, these PD patients would benefit from mHealth to manage their disease. Therefore, we designed a study to determine attitudes toward smartphone applications (apps) for chronic condition self-management, and to discover the practicality of these apps among PD patients in China.

Methods

We selected 204 participants with PD between 52 and 87 years old and surveyed their attitudes concerning the use of smartphone apps for chronic condition management via questionnaires.<

SUBMITTER: Hu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7418435 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature