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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICINE: OPINION OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

E.M. Osmanov1, V.A. Reshetnikov1, Z.G.Guseinova1, M.A. Omarov2
1. First Moscow State Medical University named after A.I. Sechenov of the Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University), Moscow
2. Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise of Moscow, Branch №43, Moscow
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Summary:
Relevance. The most promising areas in the field of medical digital technologies are mobile health (mHealth), which has proven its effectiveness and significant advantages over traditional public health methods. Purpose of the study. Assessment of patients with arterial hypertension's perception of medical digital technologies. Material and methods. An observational cross-sectional (single-stage) analytical study was conducted. The research instrument was an original questionnaire consisting of 20 questions. Information collection was carried out in three medical organizations in the Tambov region. The inclusion criteria for survey participants were the presence of arterial hypertension (AH), age 18 years or older, and informed consent. Data from 402 questionnaires of patients with hypertension were analyzed. Research results. The average age of patients with hypertension was 56.4±11.5 years, 55.7% were men, 49.9% of patients had higher education. The average duration of hypertension was 11.9±8.0 years. A significant number of respondents forget to measure blood pressure (BP) (37.1%), 8.2% of patients are too lazy to measure BP, 19.4% forget to take medications, 29.4% of respondents do not want to keep a BP diary. Only 12.1% of patients with hypertension use mobile applications for health monitoring; 38.0% would like to have such applications. 33.6% of respondents are ready to receive certain types of medical care through an application; they want to use applications to constantly remind them of the need to measure blood pressure and take medications (35.9%), 25.7% of patients expressed a desire to keep an electronic diary of blood pressure and pulse rate ( emergency). In 49.8% of cases, the doctor explained about non-drug treatment methods, diet, complications of hypertension, however, a quarter of the patients (25.0%) do not remember anything from this, 8.0% indicated that nothing was explained to them. More than half of patients with hypertension have ever looked for information about chronic diseases on the Internet (55.0%), the information was useful in 44.3% of cases, 11.1% of patients do not know where to look for information, 10.3% did not find the necessary information. The doctor spoke about the availability of mobile applications for blood pressure control and monitoring to 36.9% of respondents. 33.3% of patients would like to find out more information about their disease through a mobile application. 33.2% of respondents want to receive advice on the treatment of hypertension through a mobile application; 36.6% of people want information about the need for clinical observation or treatment adjustments. Willingness to use a mobile health app has an inverse relationship with age. Conclusions. A target group of patients with hypertension who are ready to use a mobile application to monitor their health and improve their medical literacy has been identified.
Keywords arterial hypertension; digital technologies; mobile applications; health literacy

Bibliographic reference:
E.M. Osmanov, V.A. Reshetnikov, Z.G.Guseinova, M.A. Omarov, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICINE: OPINION OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION // Scientific journal «Current problems of health care and medical statistics». - 2024. - №1;
URL: http://healthproblem.ru/magazines?textEn=1275 (date of access: 15.05.2024).

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