Designing an intelligent system for diagnosing type of sleep apnea and determining its severity

Introduction: The use of mobile applications (apps) become widespread and Provide many benefits especially in healthcare. According to the World Health Organization, osteoporosis is one of the most common diseases of elderly in the world. Like other chronic conditions, disease self-management can prove fruitful. Using a mobile application for Osteoporosis can improve patient care and self-management by encouraging patients to take a more active role in their health.Material and Methods: This study presents a systematic review of mHealth applications, available on Google Play Store, Bazaar market (as a local market) and also Apple App Store, for both the English and Persian speakers. The assessment criteria, including content, visual aids, reminders, health warnings, social and design of selected apps, were tested during July ۲۰۱۹.Results: Reviewing the ۱۹ included applications showed that the most and least focus of apps content was on exercise with ۸۴% repetition and the osteoporosis fracture that no program addressed this issue separately. Findings on reminders, health warnings, and visual aids were not very encouraging (available in ۱۱% apps). Reminders were more common in English-speaking apps than Persian-speaking ones, and Visual aids, one of the benefits of mobile apps over paper logbooks, were provided only in۲ apps. The opportunity to share data in social networks was available in ۲۶% of apps, and in the design section, most of the apps have no significant flaws, but ۷۴% of cases did not provide any clear instructions required for the elderly.

کلیدواژه ها:

m-Health ، Self-Management ، Osteoporosis ، Mobile Applications