Aplicativos móveis disponíveis para os profissionais de saúde sobre pré-eclâmpsia: um estudo avaliativo

Abstract

In everyday life, it is perceived that technology has become increasingly useful and necessary to assist health professionals in the process of caring for patients. Currently, there is a growth in the number of mobile applications that are helping to develop new health care. These can be used in order to improve results and reduce health risks, as well as understand the determinants that favor and / or lead to disease. Therefore, this study aims to identify the applications available to health professionals about preeclampsia (PE). This is an evaluative study, in which a systematic research was carried out on the platforms: Play Store and App Store. To do so, two devices were used: Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime compatible with Android and an IPhone 7 plus compatible with iOS version 11.4, aiming to find available applications on preeclampsia aimed at health professionals. The study was designed as a way of evaluating mobile applications to learn which applications addressed pre-eclampsia and were intended for professionals. There were 223 applications, of which 101 were excluded because they were duplicates and 118 for other reasons. Thus, four applications were eligible for the study, in which they were characterized according to their respective functions. The assessed applications were tools that can help the professional in a more successful clinical management, in the identification of the risk factors associated to PE, as well as in the early detection of the same one. But some applications cause some concern because they do not have information based on scientific studies. In this way, it is fundamental to evaluate the safety and the need to manage them by professionals.