A Mobile Health Application for Monitoring and Educating Covid-19 Patients During Self-quarantine

Abstract

To address the need in monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients during self-quarantine at home in Indonesia, healthcare providers need a mobile health application. This study aimed to develop a mobile health application for monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients during self-quarantine. The current study used R&D design that involved 27 health personnel who handled monitoring Covid-19 patients during self-quarantine and 41 post Covid-19 patients in Malang and Batu Cities. This study was conducted through the steps: investigating the problem and the needs, analyzing the cause of the problem, and designing, creating, and testing a prototype. The study showed that the participants faced problems in monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients during self-quarantine that included three themes of experiences and their needs, namely: 1) the methods and application in monitoring Covid-19 patients during self-quarantine, 2) health education methods for Covid-19 patients, and 3) suggestions for developing an application for Covid-19 patients. Based on the problems and need analysis, a mobile health application for monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients was developed and tested. The evaluation of application showed that men-us of the application can properly work although needed some revisions. We conclude that health personnel who handle in monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients during self-quarantined at home need to develop a mobile health application that can help easier and faster in monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients accurately. A developed mobile health application for monitoring and educating Covid-19 patients during self-quarantine can be implemented for the patients widely.