2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students
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| spelling | 15830 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=15830 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection3 General Document Malaysia Library Staff (Top Management) Library Staff (Management) Library Staff (Support) Terengganu Faculty of Health Sciences English application/pdf 1.5 Server storage Scanned document Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin UniSZA Private Access UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN SAMBox 2.3.4; modified using iTextSharp™ 5.5.10 ©2000-2016 iText Group NV (AGPL-version) 135 Copyright©PWB2025 THE USE OF A MOBILE APP AS A PERSONAL HEALTH MONITOR AMONG COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (MASTER_2015).pdf 2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students Umar Idris Ibrahim 2015-11-24 Mobile health applications—Evaluation Recently, the integration of mobile phone apps into healthcare system is becoming popular as a result of the wide availability of medical apps. However, its adoption in community pharmacies has not been as rampant. These new services when explored, have been reported to impact positively on patients, especially for those in rural areas or with transportation difficulties. This was a two-phase study to determine the 1) prevalence of technology applications in community pharmacies, 2) important item(s) to be included in My Electronic Personal Health Record Monitor (My-ePHRM) (a newly proposed smartphone app), and 3) community pharmacists’ perception and readiness on the use of mobile smartphones as health monitoring tools. Phase I involved a cross sectional postal survey among pharmacists across Malaysia (n = 77). The prevalence of technology usage in community pharmacies was at 60% and 37.8% of the pharmacists used technology in organising health records. Age (p = 0.023,), pharmacy location (p = 0.038), and the type of the pharmacy outlet (p = 0.009) were found to significantly influence technology usage in the community pharmacies. Medication reminders, allergies, vital signs, possible side effect(s) and adverse drug reactions, appointment reminders were deemed important for inclusion in My-ePHRM. Additionally, “positive perception” ranged from 53.9% to 64.5% and “positive readiness” 55.3% to 64.5%. In phase II, feasibility, acceptability and factors that predict the acceptability of My-ePHRM usage as a health monitoring tool among potential users were gauged. In addition, self medication practices of the participants were also determined. Three-hundred-and-sixty three students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) completed the questionnaires subsequent to a demonstration on My-ePHRM. The app has been shown to be highly acceptable, simple and practical by its target users (at least 90% either agreed or strongly agreed). However, multiple logistic regression analysis discovered no significant predictors of My-PHRM acceptability. Self-medication practices were also reported to be common (46.6%) with analgesics emerging as the most common group of medicine consumed (63.4%). Consequently, smartphone apps seem to offer a huge potential for real-time information and comprehensive documentation towards improved and updated pharmaceutical care provision. Dissertations, Academic Sila masukkan subject wajib Dissertations, Academic. Terima kasih... Mobile Health Apps For Personal Monitoring Digital Self-Care Tools For Pharmacists And Students Health Tracking Technology Adoption Thesis |
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| summary | Recently, the integration of mobile phone apps into healthcare system is becoming popular as a result of the wide availability of medical apps. However, its adoption in community pharmacies has not been as rampant. These new services when explored, have been reported to impact positively on patients, especially for those in rural areas or with transportation difficulties. This was a two-phase study to determine the 1) prevalence of technology applications in community pharmacies, 2) important item(s) to be included in My Electronic Personal Health Record Monitor (My-ePHRM) (a newly proposed smartphone app), and 3) community pharmacists’ perception and readiness on the use of mobile smartphones as health monitoring tools. Phase I involved a cross sectional postal survey among pharmacists across Malaysia (n = 77). The prevalence of technology usage in community pharmacies was at 60% and 37.8% of the pharmacists used technology in organising health records. Age (p = 0.023,), pharmacy location (p = 0.038), and the type of the pharmacy outlet (p = 0.009) were found to significantly influence technology usage in the community pharmacies. Medication reminders, allergies, vital signs, possible side effect(s) and adverse drug reactions, appointment reminders were deemed important for inclusion in My-ePHRM. Additionally, “positive perception” ranged from 53.9% to 64.5% and “positive readiness” 55.3% to 64.5%. In phase II, feasibility, acceptability and factors that predict the acceptability of My-ePHRM usage as a health monitoring tool among potential users were gauged. In addition, self medication practices of the participants were also determined. Three-hundred-and-sixty three students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) completed the questionnaires subsequent to a demonstration on My-ePHRM. The app has been shown to be highly acceptable, simple and practical by its target users (at least 90% either agreed or strongly agreed). However, multiple logistic regression analysis discovered no significant predictors of My-PHRM acceptability. Self-medication practices were also reported to be common (46.6%) with analgesics emerging as the most common group of medicine consumed (63.4%). Consequently, smartphone apps seem to offer a huge potential for real-time information and comprehensive documentation towards improved and updated pharmaceutical care provision. |
| title | 2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students |
| title_full | 2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students |
| title_fullStr | 2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students |
| title_short | 2015_The Use of a Mobile App as a Personal Health Monitor Among Community Pharmacists and University Students |
| title_sort | 2015_the use of a mobile app as a personal health monitor among community pharmacists and university students |