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Patient Satisfaction with Mobile Health (mHealth) Application for Exercise Intervention in Breast Cancer Survivors

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This study aimed to assess user satisfaction with mobile health (mHealth) application in breast cancer survivors after a 12-week exercise program and provide developers with reference points for mHealth applications from the perspective of patients and physicians. This is a retrospective review of prospectively collected multicenter data of 88 breast cancer survivors who carried out a 12-week exercise program via smartphone application with pedometer. Personalized programs including aerobic and resistance exercise were prescribed by physiatrists. Also, telephone counseling was performed at the 3rd and 9th week. All patients completed the user satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the intervention. The mean achievement rates of aerobic and resistance exercise for 12 weeks were 78.8 and 71.3%, respectively. The mean score of overall satisfaction rated on the 5-point Likert scale was 4.22 ± 0.73. When the patients were grouped according to age, the overall satisfaction score increased significantly with age (P = 0.040). Also, the satisfaction scores of patients with radiotherapy were significantly higher than patients without radiotherapy (P = 0.001). In terms of system characteristics, the most satisfying was data transmission accuracy (4.32 ± 0.74). In addition, patients were very satisfied with telephone counseling (4.55 ± 0.62). The results suggest the direction of mHealth should go to meet the detailed requirements of the specific user group as a more targeted approach. In addition, if a mutual feedback platform can be implanted in mHealth applications, it will increase user loyalty and make mHealth a more available motivational technology in our lives.

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This research was supported by the National Information Society Agency (NIA) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Smart After Care Service for Cancer and Cardiac Disease).

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  1. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81, Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea

    Hannah Lee, In Yae Cheong & Ji Hye Hwang

  2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Kyeong Eun Uhm

  3. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

    Ji Sung Yoo & Seung Hyun Chung

  4. Department of Urology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Yong Hyun Park & Ji Youl Lee

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Lee, H., Uhm, K.E., Cheong, I.Y. et al. Patient Satisfaction with Mobile Health (mHealth) Application for Exercise Intervention in Breast Cancer Survivors. J Med Syst 42, 254 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-1096-1

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