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Analysis of users' needs for developing a mobile health–based lifestyle care application for health promotion in elderly
Author(s) -
Park KangHyun,
Park JiHyuk,
Won KyungA,
Yang Min Ah,
Lim Seungju
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1002/alz.042451
Subject(s) - health promotion , wearable computer , mobile phone , health care , promotion (chess) , gerontology , descriptive statistics , medicine , nursing , psychology , computer science , public health , telecommunications , politics , political science , law , economics , economic growth , statistics , mathematics , embedded system
Background Recently, Individuals who want to be provided mobile based health services for improving their health and quality of life are increasing. The demand regarding mobile health care services and wearable device are increased gradually in order to monitor their health wherever they are. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analysis of user’s needs for developing mobile health based lifestyle care application for health promotion in elderly. Method Participants who lived in their community and used mobile phone were recruited. Finally, a questionnaire survey was conducted to 84 people. Data was anlaysized using descriptive statistics and t‐test with the SPSS version 25.0. Result As a result, the important functions for lifestyle care app which consumers are need are the number of daily steps, physical activities, blood pressure, sleep, nutrition and activity participation. Interestingly, in terms of the importance of activity participation as a function of the app, there was a significantly differences between age groups. Conclusion This study investigated user’s needs and preference in order to develop and design mobile health based lifestyle care application for health promotion in elderly. Therefore, findings from this study could be valuable resource for developing lifestyle care app.