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Development of mobile application for hypertension surveillance and telemonitoring in older persons in rural community
International journal of health sciences, Volume: 6, Issue: S2, Pages: 5787 - 5794
Swansea University Author: David Hughes
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DOI (Published version): 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns2.6467
Abstract
Hypertension is a cause of cardiovascular complications and premature death worldwide. Prevalence of hypertension is doubled older population. Close monitoring must be promptly equipped by healthcare team without delays to preserve intact cardiovascular system. In Thailand, village health volunteers...
| Published in: | International journal of health sciences |
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| ISSN: | 2550-6978 2550-696X |
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Universidad Tecnica de Manabi
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60023 |
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Hypertension is a cause of cardiovascular complications and premature death worldwide. Prevalence of hypertension is doubled older population. Close monitoring must be promptly equipped by healthcare team without delays to preserve intact cardiovascular system. In Thailand, village health volunteers (VHVs, OSOMO in Thai) are key healthcare personnel that co-ordinate health information between the older persons and health care professionals. The VHVs have been trained to measure blood pressure, record, and submit a report to health professionals in monthly basis. However, the blood pressure records in some health areas were still incomplete due to incontiguous data collection and difficult access to the older persons. This project was aimed to develop a geographical information system (GIS)-based mobile application for hypertension surveillance and monitoring in older persons in rural community by the VHVs using the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) model. Results showed that blood pressure data of 6,421 (76.92%) of the older persons were recorded. We employed the Google Map Application Programming Interface (API) to identify latitude and longitude of the older persons’ living locations. Other health data were also recorded. |
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| Keywords: |
hypertension, geographic information system, community health, mobile application, older persons |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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This research was financially supported by Mahasarakham University. |
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S2 |
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5787 |
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5794 |