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| Title |
Smartphone apps for improving medication adherence in hypertension: patients’ perspectives
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Patient preference and adherence, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.2147/ppa.s145647 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eimear C Morrissey, Monica Casey, Liam G Glynn, Jane C Walsh, Gerard J Molloy |
| Abstract |
Digital interventions, such as smartphone applications (apps), are becoming an increasingly common way to support medication adherence and self-management in chronic conditions. It is important to investigate how patients feel about and engage with these technologies. The aim of this study was to explore patients' perspectives on smartphone apps to improve medication adherence in hypertension. This was a qualitative study based in the West of Ireland. Twenty-four patients with hypertension were purposively sampled and engaged in focus groups. Thematic analysis on the data was carried out. Participants ranged in age from 50 to 83 years (M=65 years) with an equal split between men and women. Three major themes were identified in relation to patients' perspectives on smartphone apps to improve medication adherence in hypertension: "development of digital competence," "rules of engagement," and "sustainability" of these technologies. These data showed that patients can identify the benefits of a medication reminder and recognize that self-monitoring their blood pressure could be empowering in terms of their understanding of the condition and interactions with their general practitioners. However, the data also revealed that there are concerns about increasing health-related anxiety and doubts about the sustainability of this technology over time. This suggests that the current patient perspective of smartphone apps might be best characterized by "ambivalence." |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 23% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Scientists | 3 | 23% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 182 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 182 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 12% |
| Researcher | 13 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 20% |
| Unknown | 64 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 5% |
| Psychology | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 36 | 20% |
| Unknown | 65 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2019.
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