Application of mobile health in the prevention and control of chronic disease / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:Nowadays, it has become the focus of people to seek effective and feasible prevention and control methods for chronic disease. With the vigorous development of electronic information, as a new thing in the development of science and technology, mobile health (mHealth) has a great potential in the prevention and management of chronic diseases. However, the current research on mHealth is less. OBJECTIVE:To explain the mode of mHealth in the prevention and control of chronic disease, its application effects, the current status of mHealth App at home and abroad, and to make the prospect of mHealth. METHODS:We searched for the literatures related to mHealth at home and abroad, and explored its development status. We retrieved Ovid database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure for articles published until December 2015. The key words were“mHealth, Chronic disease”. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) There were 32 English articles and 19 Chinese articles. Of them, 10 articles were about mHealth. 15 articles were related to chronic disease. 26 articles explored the use of mHealth in prevention and control of chronic disease. (2) Results suggested that mHealth has a certain effect and potential in the prevention and control of chronic diseases.