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- Title
Mobile health applications in self-management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of their efficacy.
- Authors
Yang, Fen; Wang, Yuncui; Yang, Chongming; Hu, Hui; Xiong, Zhenfang
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Mobile health applications are increasingly used in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to improve their self-management, nonetheless, without firm evidence of their efficacy. This meta-analysis was aimed to assess the efficacy of mobile health applications in supporting self-management as an intervention to reduce hospital admission rates and average days of hospitalization, etc. METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science (SCI), Cochrane Library, and Embase were searched for relevant articles published before November 14th, 2017. A total of 6 reports with randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were finally included in this meta-analysis.<bold>Results: </bold>Patients using mobile phone applications may have a lower risk for hospital admissions than those in the usual care group (risk ratio (RR) = 0.73, 95% CI [0.52, 1.04]). However, there was no significant difference in reducing the average days of hospitalization.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Self-management with mobile phone applications could reduce hospital admissions of patients with COPD.
- Subjects
MOBILE health; SELF-management (Psychology); OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; HOSPITAL care; SYSTEMATIC reviews
- Publication
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1471-2466
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1186/s12890-018-0671-z