Mobile Health (mHealth) apps focused on menopause: Are they any good?

Objective Nowadays, smartphones are becoming an indispensable tool due to the popular use of useful applications (apps) that can be downloaded and installed to aid our everyday lives. The quantity of apps manifested as tools for mobile health (mHealth) is undoubtedly high. The mHealth apps are very popular and cover various and different aspects of health. The first app for women in menopause was presented in 2014. Since then, more apps have been developed. The aim of this study is to identify mHealth apps that address the menopause with a focused view on the degree of medical professional involvement and documented evidence base practice in their design, as well as, underline their potential role in raising awareness regarding health in the community. Methods The official app stores by Google, Apple, Windows and Blackberry were chosen to pool the apps. The keywords used were ‘apps for menopause’, ‘women in menopause’ and ‘menopause’. Eligible apps were selected based on the target consumer, each app’s price, documentation of evidence base practice and documentation of medical professional involvement. Results This search revealed 35 relevant apps, of which 10 were excluded as they were identified as duplicates available for download by more than one app store. Authors excluded also further three mHealth apps, since they were not written in English, and the assessment was difficult due to the language barrier. A total of 22 mHealth menopause apps were included in this study. Medical professional involvement was noted in 27.3% of the mHealth menopause apps, and 22.7% of the total apps used evidence-based information. The mHealth menopause apps were free of charge in 86.4%. Ninety-one percent of the apps were designed for the consumers, while only 9% of them were suitable for medical professionals. Conclusions In conclusion, there is a need to improve the mHealth apps available for menopause, by including more medical staff in their development and by establishing clear regulation around the development and the context of an mHealth app.

PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN DAN PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA AGREGATE DEWASA HIPERTENSI SESUDAH MENGIKUTI INTERVENSI MODIFIKASI PERILAKU DENGAN HYPNOCARING (MOLUCA) DI CURUG, CIMANGGIS, DEPOK

Latar Belakang: Hipertensi merupakan masalah penyakit tidak menular yang terus meningkat dari tahun ketahun. Gaya hidup yang tidak sehat seperti aktivitas yang kurang, obesitas, dan komsumsi tinggi lemak dan garam menjadi faktor risiko penyebab utama hipertensi, diperlukan intervensi untuk meningkatkankesadaran sehingga perawatan hipertensi dapat dipertahankan agar tekanan darah dapat terkontrol. Tujuan: Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perubahan kemampuan dan penurunan tekanan darah sesudah intervensi Moluca pada agregate dewasa hipertensi. Metode: Desain studi ini menggunakan evidence base practice, pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan purposive sampling dan diperoleh sampel sebesar 58 orang responden. Intervensi Moluca diberikan selama 8 sesi, dan 1 sesi dalam 1 minggu. Hasil: Hasil intervensi Moluca terdapat penurunan rerata tekanan darah sistolik 21,16 mmHg dan diastolik 12,63 mmHg. Kesimpulan: Kesimpulan intervensi Moluca efektif menurunkan tekanan darah dengan nilap p value: 0,001. Saran: Perawat komunitas perlu meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan untuk mengembangkan diri denganmengikuti berbagai pelatihan untuk pengendalian hipertensi di masyarakat seperti intervensi keperawatankomunitas Moluca untuk meningkatkan pengendalian tekanan darah pada agregate dewasa hipertensi.Kata kunci: Hipertensi – Moluca

Evidence Base Practice Efek Seft (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Tehnique) Therapy Terhadap Kecemasan Pasien Pre Operasi Di Ruang Persiapan Iar Rso Prof. Dr. R. Soeharso Surakarta

Tindakan pembedahan merupakan salah satu tindakan medis yang akan mendatangkan stresor terhadap integritas seseorang. Reaksi yang muncul berupa reaksi stres baik fisiologis maupun psikologis akan tetapi yang paling menonjol adalah reaksi secara psikologis berupa kecemasan. SEFT atau Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique adalah sebuah metode terapi yang bertujuan menghilangkan atau membuang energi negatif dari dalam tubuh sehingga seseorang akan menjadi sehat fisik dan  psikis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis efektifitas pemberian SEFT (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique) pada kecemasan pasien preoperatif di Ruang Persiapan IAR RS Ortopedi Prof. Dr. Soeharso Surakarta. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan desain pretest-posttest. Populasi yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini adalah pasien pre operatif dari bangsal kelas II dan kelas III RSO. Prof. Dr. Soeharso Surakarta berusia 20-60 tahun dan mengalami kecemasan. Pengambilan sampel dengan cara purposive sampling dan didapatkan sampel 8 orang. Analisa data dilakukan berdasarkan data yang diperoleh pre-post intervensi SEFT. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap tingkat kecemasan pasien pre operasi. Kata Kunci: SEFT, Kecemasan pasien pre operasi