Mobile application providing doctor-patient interaction for healthy lifestyle: a systematic review

Authors

  • Jeangrei Veiga Universidade de Passo Fundo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada (PPGCA). Passo Fundo, Brasil.
  • João Pedro Rodriguez Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, Brasil.
  • Bernardo Trevizan Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Brasil.
  • Marcelo Trindade Rebonatto Universidade de Passo Fundo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada (PPGCA). Passo Fundo, Brasil.
  • Ana Carolina Bertoletti De Marchi Universidade de Passo Fundo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada (PPGCA). Passo Fundo, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i1.1188

Keywords:

mobile applications, life style, health care assistance, health communication, information technology, wearable computing.

Abstract

Lifestyle medicine has as main goal to help individuals to prevent and treat diseases that restrict a healthy life. To assist this process, many digital solutions are being researched and developed. The objective of the study on which this article bases is to identify which mobile technology applications providing doctor-patient interaction aim to contribute to the improvement of healthy lifestyle. Thus, we performed a systematic review of literature in electronic databases Science Direct, IEEE, Springer and ACM, in May 2015. We included studies that describe the use of mobile technologies and have intervention mechanism between patient and professional, in order to effectively contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Five from 541 articles found satisfy the eligibility criteria and were analyzed in the

Author Biography

Ana Carolina Bertoletti De Marchi, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada (PPGCA). Passo Fundo, Brasil.

Universidade de Passo Fundo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada (PPGCA). Passo Fundo, Brasil.

Published

2017-04-03

How to Cite

Veiga, J., Rodriguez, J. P., Trevizan, B., Rebonatto, M. T., & De Marchi, A. C. B. (2017). Mobile application providing doctor-patient interaction for healthy lifestyle: a systematic review. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i1.1188

Issue

Section

Review Articles