A Systematic Review of Health Management Mobile Applications in COVID-19 Pandemic: Features, Advantages, and Disadvantages

Introduction. With the increasing accessibility of smartphones, their use has been considered in healthcare services. Mobile applications have played a pivotal role in providing health services during COVID-19. This study is aimed at identifying the features, advantages, and disadvantages of health...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2024, Vol.2024, p.8814869-11
Main Authors: Garavand, Ali, Ameri, Fatemeh, Salehi, Fatemeh, Talebi, Ali Hajipour, Karbasi, Zahra, Sabahi, Azam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Applications programs
Citation management software
COVID-19
Criteria
Disease control
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Global positioning systems
GPS
Health services
Infections
Management of crises
Mobile computing
Observational studies
Pandemics
Review
Search strategies
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Smartphones
Social distancing
Systematic review
Telemedicine
Viral diseases
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Summary:Introduction. With the increasing accessibility of smartphones, their use has been considered in healthcare services. Mobile applications have played a pivotal role in providing health services during COVID-19. This study is aimed at identifying the features, advantages, and disadvantages of health management mobile applications during COVID-19. Methods. This systematic review was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science using the related keywords up to November 2021. The original articles in English about the health management mobile applications in COVID-19 were selected. The study selection was done by two researchers independently according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data extraction was done using a data extraction form, and the results were summarized and reported in related tables and figures. Results. Finally, 12 articles were included based on the criteria. The benefits of mobile health applications for health management during COVID-19 were in four themes and 19 subthemes, and the most advantages of the application were in disease management and the possibility of recording information by users, digital tracking of calls, and data confidentiality. Furthermore, the disadvantages of them have been presented in two themes and 14 subthemes. The most common disadvantages are reduced adherence to daily symptom reports, personal interpretation of questions, and result bias. Conclusion. The study results showed that mobile applications have been effective in controlling the prevalence of COVID-19 by identifying virus-infested environments, identifying and monitoring infected people, controlling social distancing, and maintaining quarantine. It is suggested that usability, ethical and security considerations, protection of personal information, and privacy of users be considered in application design and development.
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2024/8814869