Developing an app-based self-management program for people living with HIV: a randomized controlled pilot study during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: People living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) in Korea demonstrate insufficient self-management behaviors. Especially during pandemics such as COVID-19, technology-based self-management programs are needed to overcome time and space limitations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a self-management program using a mobile app (Health Manager) on self-management outcomes among PLWH in Korea. A randomized controlled pilot trial was performed and participants were enrolled in the infectious outpatient clinic of a single hospital. The intervention group used the mobile app for 4 weeks, while the control group received self-management education materials in a portable document format. The online self-report questionnaire assessed primary outcomes including self-effi

SUBMITTER: Shim MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9653395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature