Development and assessment of social applications for patients to tell their feelings to care providers

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25540148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Web informatics, Service informatics
• Research Institution: Toho University
• Principal Investigator: HISHIKI Teruyoshi 東邦大学, 理学部, 准教授 (30324271)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YASUI Hiroki 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 准教授 (20362353)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATSUNAGA Yoshiko 東邦大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (70341245)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: セルフケア / ピクトグラム / セルフケア支援システム / ユーザーインターフェース / セルフケアコミュニケーションシステム / 在宅医療 / 患者による入力 / 患者の気持ち

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Patients’ report of what they feel and what they do between visits is valuable to self-care support of chronic diseases. Pictograms combined with tablet devices or smartphones would facilitate the input by patients. We developed twelve types of pictograms representing perceived well-being, daily activities, compliance with instructions, and self-measured physical data. Then, we developed a tablet-based Web application in which patients have only to touch these pictograms to record these emotional and behavioral aspects of life as they occur. The application also allows the patients to review the records and share them with healthcare professionals. Seven male patients from 36 to 82 years old (median 66 years old) used the applications in four months, and six patients constantly used them. Pictogram usages suggested that patients were more concerned about taking medications than having meals, measuring blood pressures, and measurements of the body weight.

Free Research Field

医療情報学