{"title":"Mobile Apps for Hypertension Management","authors":"K. DiFilippo, Karen M. Chapman-Novakofski","doi":"10.1097/tin.0000000000000352","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mobile applications (apps) show promise for managing hypertension; however, more evidence is needed to understand how dietitians use apps in hypertension care. Dietitians (n = 191) completed an online survey assessing app use in hypertension care. Most dietitians agreed that apps support behavior change, diet tracking, and goal setting. Apps are recommended for diet tracking more often than online programs or websites (P < .001), but not more than pen and paper. Dietitians generally recommended apps to some or most of their patients (40% and 25%, respectively); however, the majority (64%) do not recommend apps specific to hypertension (64%). Future work should examine barriers to app use for patients with hypertension.","PeriodicalId":48681,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Clinical Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Topics in Clinical Nutrition","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/tin.0000000000000352","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NUTRITION & DIETETICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Mobile applications (apps) show promise for managing hypertension; however, more evidence is needed to understand how dietitians use apps in hypertension care. Dietitians (n = 191) completed an online survey assessing app use in hypertension care. Most dietitians agreed that apps support behavior change, diet tracking, and goal setting. Apps are recommended for diet tracking more often than online programs or websites (P < .001), but not more than pen and paper. Dietitians generally recommended apps to some or most of their patients (40% and 25%, respectively); however, the majority (64%) do not recommend apps specific to hypertension (64%). Future work should examine barriers to app use for patients with hypertension.
期刊介绍:
Topics in Clinical Nutrition (TICN) is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal designed as a resource for the continuing education and clinical practice of dietitians and nutritionists. Each issue addresses topics of interest primarily to dietitians and nutritionists, students and interns in professional training programs and other health care personnel involved in the nutritional care of patients. Articles include translational research reports (work that applies new knowledge to practical effect), practice projects, evidence-based literature reviews, case studies and book reviews, and articles that highlight education theory and applied research which share the tools and techniques of nutrition and dietetics education.