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- ItemAccess to mobile phone and willingness to receive mHealth services among patients with diabetes in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.(0000-00-00) Jemere, Adamu Takele; Yeneneh, Yohannes Ezezew; Tilahun, Biniam; Fritz, Fleur; Alemu, Shitaye; Kebede, MihiretuOBJECTIVES This study aimed at determining access to mobile phone and willingness to receive mobile phone based diabetes health services as well as identify associated factors in Northwest Ethiopia DESIGN An institution based cross sectional survey was conducted from February to March 2016 PARTICIPANTS Systematic randomly selected 423 patients with diabetes SETTING University of Gondar Hospital diabetic clinic MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The main outcome measure was willingness to receive diabetic health service via mobile phone voice call or messaging services RESULTS Out of 423 patients with diabetes 329 77 8 had access to a mobile phone Among the latter 232 70 5 were willing to receive mobile phone based health services The educational status of patients adjusted OR AOR 2 6 95 CI 1 2 to 5 58 route of medication AOR 3 2 95 CI 1 44 to 7 1 transportation mechanism AOR 4 1 95 CI 1 2 to 13 57 travel time to health facility AOR 0 3 95 CI 0 12 to 0 82 current use of mobile phone as appointment reminder AOR 2 6 95 CI 1 07 to 6 49 and locking mobile phone with passwords AOR 4 6 95 CI 1 63 to 12 95 were significantly associated with the willingness to receive mobile phone based diabetic health services CONCLUSION Access to a mobile phone and willingness to receive mobile phone based health services were high Educational status route of medication transportation mechanism time to reach the service using mobile phone as appointment reminder and locking mobile phone with passwords were significantly associated factors Given the high proportion of access and willingness of patients to receive mobile phone based health services mHealth interventions could be helpful
- ItemQualitative and quantitative evaluation of EHR-integrated mobile patient questionnaires regarding usability and cost-efficiency.(2012-04-05) Fritz, Fleur; Balhorn, Sebastian; Riek, Markus; Breil, Bernhard; Dugas, MartinOBJECTIVES The objective of this evaluation study is to assess a web based application currently available on iPad to document questionnaires regarding patient reported outcomes such as quality of life Based on the single source approach the results of these questionnaires are available in the electronic health record to be used for treatment and research purposes The assessment focuses on the usability and efficiency of the system METHODS The system usability scale questionnaire with seven additional items was used to rate the usability by the patients It was formally validated by a Cronbach Alpha test In addition semi structured interviews were conducted with patients and medical staff Time and cost measures based on official tables of costs were taken through workflow observations This study was conducted in the department of dermatology at the University Hospital of M nster Germany from April to June 2011 RESULTS Using the web based application questionnaire results about patient reported outcomes like quality of life are immediately available in the electronic health record and can be used for treatment or research purposes 118 patients and four staff members participated in the study The usability score reached 80 from 100 points and patients as well as medical staff stated in the interviews that the usability of the web based system was high and they preferred it to the previously used paper based questionnaires In the setting of our pilot department the mobile devices amortized their costs after 6 7 months In general depending on the professional group who are going to post process the paper based forms the earliest break even point to use mobile questionnaires is at 1737 paper sheets per year CONCLUSION The mobile patient questionnaires integrated into the electronic health record were well accepted in our pilot setting with high usability scores from patients and medical staff alike The system has also proved to be cost efficient compared to the paper based workflow given that a certain number of questionnaires is used per year