IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i19p12956-d937804.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Exploring Saudi Individuals’ Perspectives and Needs to Design a Hypertension Management Mobile Technology Solution: Qualitative Study

Author

Listed:
  • Adel Alzahrani

    (School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia)

  • Valerie Gay

    (School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia)

  • Ryan Alturki

    (Department of Information Science, College of Computer and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 24382, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Hypertension is a chronic condition caused by a poor lifestyle that affects patients’ lives. Adherence to self-management programs increases hypertension self-monitoring, and allows greater prevention and disease management. Patient compliance with hypertension self-management is low in general; therefore, mobile health applications (mHealth-Apps) are becoming a daily necessity and provide opportunities to improve the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, including hypertension. This research aims to explore Saudi individuals’ perspectives and needs regarding designing a hypertension management mobile app to be used by hypertension patients to better manage their illnesses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 Saudi participants to explore their perspectives and views about the needs and requirements in designing a hypertension mobile technology solution, as well as usability and culture in the Saudi context. The study used NVivo to analyze data and divided the themes into four main themes: the app’s perceived health benefits, features and usability, suggestions for the app’s content, and security and privacy. The results showed that there are many suggestions for improvements in mobile health apps that developers should take into consideration when designing apps. The mobile health apps should include physical activity tracking, related diet information, and reminders, which are promising, and could increase adherence to healthy lifestyles and consequently improve the self-management of hypertension patients. Mobile health apps provide opportunities to improve hypertension patients’ self-management and self-monitoring. However, this study asserts that mobile health apps should not share users’ data, and that adequate privacy disclosures should be implemented.

Suggested Citation

  • Adel Alzahrani & Valerie Gay & Ryan Alturki, 2022. "Exploring Saudi Individuals’ Perspectives and Needs to Design a Hypertension Management Mobile Technology Solution: Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12956-:d:937804
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12956/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12956/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Mikyung Lee & Hyeonkyeong Lee & Youlim Kim & Junghee Kim & Mikyeong Cho & Jaeun Jang & Hyoeun Jang, 2018. "Mobile App-Based Health Promotion Programs: A Systematic Review of the Literature," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-13, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Mashael Alghareeb & Abdulmohsen Saud Albesher & Amna Asif, 2023. "Studying Users’ Perceptions of COVID-19 Mobile Applications in Saudi Arabia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-17, January.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Jin Hee Yang & Gisoo Shin, 2021. "End-of-Life Care Mobile App for Intensive-Care Unit Nurses: A Quasi-Experimental Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-9, January.
    2. Chidinma Ezike & Keith Da Silva, 2023. "Technology-Based Interventions to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Adolescents: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(23), pages 1-13, November.
    3. Ana López-Durán & Elisardo Becoña & Carmen Senra & Daniel Suárez-Castro & María Barroso-Hurtado & Carmela Martínez-Vispo, 2022. "A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of a Psychological Treatment to Quit Smoking Assisted with an App: Study Protocol," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-18, August.
    4. Kirsi Rasmus & Antti Toratti & Saujanya Karki & Paula Pesonen & Marja-Liisa Laitala & Vuokko Anttonen, 2021. "Acceptability of a Mobile Application in Children’s Oral Health Promotion—A Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-9, March.
    5. Patricia García-Pazo & Albert Sesé & Jordi Llabrés & Joana Fornés-Vives, 2021. "NoFumo+: A Clinical Trial of an mHealth for Smoking Cessation with Hospitalized Patients," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-14, October.
    6. Stina Oftedal & Tracy Burrows & Sasha Fenton & Beatrice Murawski & Anna B. Rayward & Mitch J. Duncan, 2019. "Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of an m-Health Intervention Targeting Physical Activity, Diet, and Sleep Quality in Shift-Workers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-18, October.
    7. Meng Zhang & Wei Wang & Mingye Li & Haomin Sheng & Yifei Zhai, 2022. "Efficacy of Mobile Health Applications to Improve Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Physically Inactive Individuals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-17, April.
    8. Na Yu & Yi-Ting Huang, 2020. "Important Factors Affecting User Experience Design and Satisfaction of a Mobile Health App—A Case Study of Daily Yoga App," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-16, September.
    9. Nurul Syaireen A. Rashid & Xin Wee Chen & Muhamad Fadhil Mohamad Marzuki & Aseel A. Takshe & Ahmad Okasha & Faridah Maarof & Raudah Mohd Yunus, 2022. "Development and Usability Assessment of a Mobile App (Demensia KITA) to Support Dementia Caregivers in Malaysia: A Study Protocol," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-14, September.
    10. Kevin K. C. Hung & Makiko K. MacDermot & Emily Y. Y. Chan & Sida Liu & Zhe Huang & Chi S. Wong & Joseph H. Walline & Colin A. Graham, 2021. "CCOUC Ethnic Minority Health Project: A Case Study for Health EDRM Initiatives to Improve Disaster Preparedness in a Rural Chinese Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-14, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12956-:d:937804. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.