ONParkinson – Innovative mHealth to Support the Triad: Patient, Carer and Health Professional

Abstract

The ONParkinson mHealth platform aims to empower an integrated assistance to support end-users of the triad "people with Parkinson's Disease, their carers and health professionals", promoting the self-management in Parkinson's disease. Therefore, ONParkinson is expected to optimize the communication between the triad users, helping them find relevant knowledge to support their clinical issues, as well as allowing the monitoring of patients` daily routine and the recommendation for daily exercises. This mHealth solution was created and materialized after an initial study of the end-users' needs. This paper presents the usability study of the first version of the ONParkinson prototype. According to the usability tests' findings, ONParkinson was perceived by the triad users as easy to use, with functionalities well integrated, useful and attractive. Some recommendations were suggested to enhance its usability, users' satisfaction and continuance intentions.

Designing socially acceptable mHealth technologies for Parkinson's disease self-management

“…In the context of PD, mHealth technologies such as smartphones and sensors capturing objective, continuous, patient-related information in real-time in an unobtrusive way [31]. Tracking this information over the long term can benefit both health care providers and PwP in terms of diagnosis, prevention and management [26,[31][32][33][34]. This paper presents the findings from our systematic review exploring the barriers to and facilitators of mHealth use among people with PD.…”

Aplikasi mHealth “SIGA” Untuk Pelayanan Kesehatan Masyarakat Umum Berbasis Android

“…Kasus kecelakaan saat ini makin sering terjadi dan masyarakat yang ingin menanggulangi kejadian tersebut merasa kesulitan [7] Masyarakat yang telah melakukan pemanggilan ambulans dengan cara menelepon pihak rumah sakit masih merasa khawatir akan kepastian datangnya ambulans . Beberapa kasus kecelakaan dimana korban tetap tidak dapat diselamatkan karena tidak siapnya penanganan gawat darurat di ambulans ataupun rumah sakit [8]. Masyarakat masih merasa tidak percaya akan ketepatan dan kepastian datangnya ambulans.…”

Cognitive Services for Collaborative mHealth: The OnParkinson Case Study

“…The OnParkinson mHealth solution [8] is a platform, in which a mobile app is the main interface to provide patients and their caregivers with self-management capabilities to help them feel empowered in their ability to find strategies in a more informed and collaborative way (see Figure 2). The platform includes a server that contains a central repository where all data are stored.…”

“…A preliminary user study was conducted to validate the OnParkinson's concept and the potential needs of the triad's users. User tests were carried out with participants from the Portuguese Parkinson's Disease Association (literally, Associação Portuguesa de Doentes de Parkinson -APDPk), including people with PD, caregivers, and health professionals (physiotherapists and speech therapists), in order evaluate the acceptance of the modules and functionalities included in this first version [8,9]. This first evaluation study allowed to understand that the OnParkinson development was on the right path, with a high acceptance by the potential end-users.…”