Use of Mobile Health Applications in Elderly Individuals with Chronic Disease

Abstract

With the increase in life expectancy worldwide, there is an increase in the number of elderly individuals. The morbidity and mortality rates of chronic diseases increase with aging. The prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly individuals requires the application of holistic and continuous care methods. In parallel with current technological developments, the use of mobile health applications comes to the forefront in order to provide disease management in geriatric individuals with chronic diseases. In addition, data can be collected with these applications and clinical decision support systems can be established. Mobile health applications are frequently used for symptom management, prevention of complications, increasing drug information, ensuring drug compliance, increasing daily living activities and communicating with the healthcare team. When these time and cost-effective innovative approaches are developed without taking into account the needs of elderly indivuduals with vision, hearing and perception impairments, they may be at a disadvantage. In this context, nurses are expected to develop effective and sustainable mobile health applications, taking into account the age-related changes of elderly individuals with chronic diseases. Due to the limited number of studies in this field, it is recommended to increase the number of studies on mobile health applications in elderly individuals with chronic diseases.

Keywords

• Nursing
• chronic disease
• elderly
• mobile health

Kronik Hastalığa Sahip Yaşlı Bireylerde Mobil Sağlık Uygulamalarının Kullanımı

Abstract

Dünya çapında ortalama yaşam süresinin artmasıyla birlikte yaşlı bireylerin sayısında artış gözlenmektedir. Yaşlanma ile birlikte kronik hastalıkların morbidite ve mortalite oranları da artmaktadır. Yaşlı bireylerde diyabet, kanser, hipertansiyon ve kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı gibi kronik hastalıkların yaygın olması holistik ve sürekli bakım yöntemlerinin uygulanmasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Günümüzdeki teknolojik gelişmelere paralel olarak, kronik hastalığa sahip yaşlı bireylerde hastalık yönetiminin sağlanabilmesi amacıyla mobil sağlık uygulamalarının kullanımı öne çıkmaktadır. Mobil sağlık uygulamaları kapsamında, mobil iletişim teknolojisi kullanılarak uzaktan hastalık yönetimi sağlanabilmektedir. Ayrıca bu uygulamalar ile veri toplanabilmekte, klinik karar destek sistemleri oluşturulabilmektedir. Mobil sağlık uygulamaları, sıklıkla semptom yönetimi, komplikasyonların önlenmesi, ilaç bilgisinin arttırılması, ilaç uyumunun sağlanması, günlük yaşam aktivitelerinin artırılması ve sağlık ekibi ile iletişim kurma amacıyla kullanılmaktadır. Zaman ve maliyet etkin bu yenilikçi yaklaşımlar, görme, işitme ve algılama kayıpları yaşayan yaşlı bireyler gözetilmeden oluşturulduğunda dezavantaj oluşturabilmektedir. Bu kapsamda hemşirelerden kronik hastalığa sahip yaşlı bireylerin yaşa bağlı değişimleri de göz önünde bulundurularak etkin ve sürdürülebilir mobil sağlık uygulamaları geliştirmeleri beklenmektedir. Bu alanda yapılan çalışmaların sınırlı olması nedeniyle kronik hastalığa sahip yaşlı bireylerde mobil sağlık uygulamalarına ilişkin yapılan çalışmaların arttırılması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

• Hemşirelik
• kronik hastalık
• geriatri
• mobil sağlık

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