Cellular Phone-Based Technologies For Monitoring Of Patients With Chronic Diseases Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

 Basic concepts  Justification  Problem / Research Question  Key words  Aims  Methods  Expected results Structure

Basic Concepts Chronic Diseases Cellular Phone-based Technologies Monitoring Quality of Life QoL

Patient with chronic diseases or victims of aggressive and toxic treatments Quickly communication of symptoms Healthcare professional Communication of adapted treatment

Why... Cellular Phone and its application Innovation More available Related to medical application of the CPT Articles: Increasing international interest in this subject [1] summarize these articles in a methodical way elucidation about the results that these technologies can achieve [1] Hilary Pinnock, Roger Slack, Claudia Pagliari, David Price, Aziz Sheikh; Understanding the potential role of mobile phonebased monitoring on asthma self-management: qualitative study; Clinical and Experimental Allergy May;37(5): ; Available at:

“Are cellular phone based technologies monitoring feasible for patients with chronic diseases and does it improve their quality of life?” Problem / Research Question

Key Words Cellular Phone Monitoring, Physiologic Chronic Diseases

To verify the feasibility and usability of these technologies Aims To analyse clinical outcomes: which type of pathology is best suited for CPT monitoring; what kind of applications improves the monitorization of each pathology the improvement of quality of life with the use of CPT

Methods

Query The search terms will include the following, their synonymous and, when applicable, equivalent MESH terms: [(monitoring) OR (telemonitoring)] AND [(cellular phone-based technologies) OR (mobile phone-based technologies) OR (cellular phone) OR (mobile phone)] AND [(chronic diseases) OR (chronic patients) OR (cancer) OR (nephrologic diseases) OR (kidney insuficiency) OR (asthma) OR (respiratory chronic diseases) OR (COPD) OR (diabetes) OR (cardiovascular disease)]

Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria Articles published in the last 10 years Articles containing original data Cellular phone-based technologies (CPT) Articles about the application of CPT in patients Monitoring of people with chronic diseases (according to WHO definition) Use of cellular-phone for interviewing patients about other issues unrelated to disease monitoring; Articles that describe technologies and their development.

Type of technology studied; Year of the study; Country of origin of the study; Type of study; Type of technology studied; Type of pathology studied; Number of participants; Duration of study; Use of the studied CPT; Evaluation of patients’ quality of life; Physicians’ opinion about CPT use; Patients’ opinion about CPT use. Variables Studied

Data Synthesis Descriptive analysisQuantitative analysis using SPSS Meta-analysis performing Variables extracted

Inclusion and exclusion criteria Pubmed, ISI Web of Knowledge, Google Scholar SCOPUS Databases

Expected Results  Cellular phone-based technologies (CPT) have important advantages for patient monitoring: high portability and mobility [1];  Provide benefits for doctors and patients by improving their communication [2];  CPT improve patients’ quality of life [2];  Patients can have some difficulties working with CPT. [1] Deutsch T, Gergely T; An intelligent partner system for improving chronic illness care, Inform Prim Care; 11(1):13-9, Available at: [2] Hsieh CH, Tsai HH, Yin JW, Chen CY, Yang JC, Jeng SF.; Teleconsultation with the mobile camera-phone in digital soft-tissue injury: a feasibility study; Plast Reconstr Surg. 114(7): ; Dec Available at:

References [1] Hilary Pinnock, Roger Slack, Claudia Pagliari, David Price, Aziz Sheikh; Understanding the potential role of mobile phonebased monitoring on asthma self-management: qualitative study; Clinical and Experimental Allergy May;37(5): ; Available at: [2] Deutsch T, Gergely T; An intelligent partner system for improving chronic illness care, Inform Prim Care; 11(1):13-9, Available at: [3] Hsieh CH, Tsai HH, Yin JW, Chen CY, Yang JC, Jeng SF.; Teleconsultation with the mobile camera-phone in digital soft- tissue injury: a feasibility study; Plast Reconstr Surg. 114(7): ; Dec Available at:

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