Assessing acceptability of hypertensive/diabetic patients towards mobile health based behavioral interventions in Pakistan: A pilot study

Highlights • Hypertension and Diabetes are rapidly growing chronic conditions in Pakistan with an increasing mortality rate due to poor knowledge, self-management and low quality of life. • The potential positive and high scope of using Mobile Health services for management in chronic conditions lik...

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Published in:International journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Ireland), 2015-11, Vol.84 (11), p.950-955
Main Authors: Siddiqui, Mahrukh, Islam, Mohammad Yousuf ul, Mufti, Bushra Abid Iqbal, Khan, Natasha, Farooq, Muhammad Saad, Muhammad, Mariam Gul, Osama, Muhammad, Kherani, Danish, Kazi, Abdul Nafey, Kazi, Abdul Momin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude to Health
Cell Phone
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - psychology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - psychology
Female
Health Behavior
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - psychology
Internal Medicine
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Mobile health
Other
Pakistan - epidemiology
Pilot Projects
Reminder Systems - utilization
Telemedicine - methods
Telemedicine - statistics & numerical data
Telephone
Text Messaging
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Summary:Highlights • Hypertension and Diabetes are rapidly growing chronic conditions in Pakistan with an increasing mortality rate due to poor knowledge, self-management and low quality of life. • The potential positive and high scope of using Mobile Health services for management in chronic conditions like Diabetes and Hypertension in a developing country like Pakistan. • The potential positive and high scope of phone call reminders against SMS reminders for self-management in Mobile Health services in Pakistan.
ISSN:1386-5056
1872-8243
DOI:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.08.009