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MedFit: The development of a mobile-application to enhance participant self-management of their cardiovascular disease

Duff, Orlaith, Walsh, Deirdre, Monaghan, David orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5169-9902, O'Connor, Noel E. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4033-9135, Moran, Kieran orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2015-8967 and Woods, Catherine orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0892-6591 (2016) MedFit: The development of a mobile-application to enhance participant self-management of their cardiovascular disease. In: Health Enhancing Physical Activity Europe Conference, 28-30 Sept 2016, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.

Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death and disability in Europe, accounting for four million deaths annually. Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) can reduce the impact of CVD by lowering mortality and morbidity rates and promoting healthy active lifestyles. Yet adherence within CR is low. Common adherence issues relate to accessibility/parking at local hospitals, a dislike of group environments and work/domestic commitments. Mobile health (mHealth) is an emerging area of healthcare, defined as “medical and public health practice supported by mobile devices, such as mobile phones, patient monitoring devices, personal digital assistants and other wireless devices”. Research suggests that mHealth interventions can be useful in supporting the self-management of chronic disease. The purpose of this research is to report on the development of an mHealth intervention.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Medical Sciences > Exercise
Medical Sciences > Psychology
Medical Sciences > Health
Computer Science > Computer engineering
Medical Sciences > Sports sciences
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Health and Human Performance
Research Initiatives and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland, Acquis-bi
ID Code:21273
Deposited On:13 Oct 2016 10:19 by Orlaith Duff . Last Modified 19 Oct 2018 09:14
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