Browsing by Author "Kebede, Mihiretu"
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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
- ItemIdentifying Evidence-Informed Physical Activity Apps: Content Analysis.(0000-00-00) Kebede, Mihiretu; Steenbock, Berit; Helmer, Stefanie Maria; Sill, Janna; Möllers, Tobias; Pischke, Claudia RBACKGROUND Regular moderate to vigorous physical activity is essential for maintaining health and preventing the onset of chronic diseases Both global rates of smartphone ownership and the market for physical activity and fitness apps have grown rapidly in recent years The use of physical activity and fitness apps may assist the general population in reaching evidence based physical activity recommendations However it remains unclear whether there are evidence informed physical activity apps and whether behavior change techniques BCTs previously identified as effective for physical activity promotion are used in these apps OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify English and German evidence informed physical activity apps and BCT employment in those apps METHODS We identified apps in a systematic search using 25 predefined search terms in the Google Play Store Two reviewers independently screened the descriptions of apps and screenshots applying predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria Apps were included if 1 their description contained information about physical activity promotion 2 they were in English or German 3 physical activity recommendations of the World Health Organization or the American College of Sports Medicine were mentioned and 4 any kind of objective physical activity measurement was included Two researchers downloaded and tested apps matching the inclusion criteria for 2 weeks and coded their content using the Behavioral Change Technique Taxonomy v1 BCTTv1 RESULTS The initial screening in the Google Play Store yielded 6018 apps 4108 of which were not focused on physical activity and were not in German or English The descriptions of 1216 apps were further screened for eligibility Duplicate apps and light versions n 694 and those with no objective measurement of physical activity requiring additional equipment or not outlining any physical activity guideline in their description n 1184 were excluded Of the remaining 32 apps 4 were no longer available at the time of the download Hence 28 apps were downloaded and tested of these apps 14 did not contain any physical activity guideline as an app feature despite mentioning it in the description 5 had technical problems and 3 did not provide objective physical activity measurement Thus 6 were included in the final analyses Of 93 individual BCTs of the BCTTv1 on average 9 SD 5 were identified in these apps Of 16 hierarchical clusters on average 5 SD 3 were addressed Only BCTs of the 2 hierarchical clusters goals and planning and feedback and monitoring were identified in all apps CONCLUSIONS Despite the availability of several thousand physical activity and fitness apps for Android platforms very few addressed evidence based physical activity guidelines and provided objective physical activity measurement Furthermore available descriptions did not accurately reflect the app content and only a few evidence informed physical activity apps incorporated several BCTs Future apps should address evidence based physical activity guidelines and a greater scope of BCTs to further increase their potential impact for physical activity promotion