Abstract
Background:
Mobile phone-based interactive health tools can significantly improve the patient's disease knowledge level, treatment compliance, and effectively alleviate patients' nasal symptoms. The smart phone app platform will likely become a new carrier for providing high-quality health management. Holmen[1] et al found that patients with diabetes using the self-administered mobile app FTA (FTA) can improve their health management skills and improve the knowledge of disease (P = .04).
Methods:
One hundred and eight consecutive patients with chronic rhinosinusitis were recruited for this study between January 2018 and August 2018 were enrolled, all participants underwent surgery and were randomly divided into 2 groups (APP group and control group). The App group downloaded and installed sinusitis rehabilitation APP one day before discharge. The APP consists of 6 modules including education module, symptom self-assessment module, medication reminder module, ranking module, interactive platform module, questionnaire module. The APP group received intervention through 6 modules for 12 weeks. The control group underwent health education using regular graphic propaganda pages, discharge guidance . The baseline characteristics of the two groups were assessed by the baseline data questionnaire, the disease rehabilitation knowledge awareness questionnaire, and the VAS nasal symptom visual analogue scale. Knowledge of disease, treatment adherence and severity of nasal symptoms were evaluated at 2-week intervention, 4-week intervention and 12-week intervention by the disease rehabilitation knowledge awareness questionnaire and the VAS nasal symptom visual analogue scale in the 2 groups.
Results:
No significant differences were found between the two groups at baseline (P > .05). After the intervention, the differences of trends in disease knowledge level, treatment compliance, and VAS nasal symptom scores over time between the two groups were statistically significant (P < .05).
Conclusions:
The interactive health management tool of the smartphone app helps patients to manage their health better.
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