Abstract
In this article, we present a platform that allows for the integration of different applications for the follow-up of patients with chronic diseases. We developed two elements: a mobile and a web application. The mobile application allows the capture and processing of vital signs for patients with high blood pressure (hypertension). This application allows for the patient to store the data obtained, provides historical information and trends of the stored measures, and provides alerts and recommendations according to ranges of measures that were obtained. The web application allows the doctor and patients to obtain updated information of the disease behavior through the measures obtained. We used different biometric devices including an efimomanometer, glucometer, scale, and a thermometer with a wi-fi connection. Through this web application, we also generated information about average measures at a given time, by age, by region, and by a specific date. The developed system was evaluated in a medical center with different types of patients.
Highlights
Hypertension is a public health problem that affects millions of people worldwide
After evaluating the application in a real environment at local health center where many patients from different economic and family situations and ages, who never use of mobile devices, and especially people who never control their blood pressure through technological devices, we can assure that this first approach offers a solution that is currently being used in the Public Health Centers
We offered a solution for patients, relatives, and doctors with a web solution and a mobile phone application
Summary
Hypertension is a public health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. In 2010, a global disease burden study revealed that nine million people died because of hypertension, making this cardiovascular problem the world’s leading health risk factor [1]. Approximately 40% of adults aged 25 and above had been diagnosed with hypertension; the number of people with the condition rose from 600 million in 1980 to one billion [2]. The prevalence of hypertension is the highest in the African Region, at 46% of adults aged 25 and above, whereas the lowest prevalence at 35% is in the Americas. Between 20 and 40% of the adult population in the Region of the Americas are estimated to suffer from hypertension. Of the people with hypertension, of the 57% that have been estimated to be aware of their condition, 40.6%
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