The Development of Smart Heart Care Application for caring patient with heart disease

Abstract

This study is a research and development. The purposes to 1) Study the care situation of patients with cardiovascular disease. 2) Application developmental for continuous care of patients with cardiovascular disease. 3) Study the effectiveness of the application. It conducted in 4 phases. As follows: phase 1: Analysis of situation get information on the needs of patients and health teams and the possibilities for made Application. Phase 2: Development "SHC Application". Phase 3: Test application deployment and upgrade. Phase 4: Experimental evaluation. The research instruments used an in-depth interview, focus group discussion, general data record, evaluation application satisfaction, patient self-care knowledge and behavior. The content validity index (CVI) are 0.84 and tested reliability 0.89 Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The statistical tools used for data analysis are qualitative data used content analysis, quantitative data used descriptive statistics, comparing development results between groups and non-application used Independent T test statistics. Results : 1) Innovated "SHC Application" to continuously care for patients with cardiovascular disease. 2) Application results by testing them with 30 patients compared the effectiveness of knowledge and self-care behavior with the control group. It was found that the experimental group had significantly higher self-care knowledge than the control group statistically (p<0.001). Self-care behavior was found to be not different, but the results of the behavior analysis, the subjects of drug intake, diet, and exercise in the experimental group were higher than the control group.