Release date: 2014-02-17
Scholars in the US Journal of Medical Internet Research have discovered that medical applications on the market that are designed to help people prevent cancer or help patients who already have cancer better treat it have helped people improve. The potential for health, but many of them have their own flaws. In a recent survey, researchers conducted a survey of 295 cancer-focused medical applications on four platforms, including iPhone, Android, Nokia and BlackBerry. The survey found that approximately 32% of applications are designed to help people become more alert to cancer, 13% of applications are designed to convey medical knowledge about cancer, and others are intended to raise funds for anti-cancer charities. However, only 11.5% of the applications are designed to help people detect cancer early, prevent cancer (2%) or better control cancer (4%). Researchers believe that while there is an upward trend in interest in promoting healthcare and cancer information through mobile devices, the role of these applications in helping people properly reduce the risk of cancer is limited. “A well-known fact is that simply relying on medical information is not enough to change people's living habits, especially for diseases that require people to make major changes in their daily habits. In order to achieve the desired results, these health care classes Applications need to tell people how to turn health knowledge into the right lifestyle,†the researchers wrote in a report. At the same time, the researchers also found that health care applications have different levels of attention for different cancers. Among them, about half of the applications focus on breast cancer (but in fact, breast cancer in the United States accounts for only 14% of cancer incidence), and more common cancers such as bladder cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. The corresponding application ratio is relatively low. Researchers at the survey said that because today's smartphones are almost ubiquitous, the device can help people reduce their risk of cancer by changing their innate habits. For those who already have cancer, smartphones can also provide them with a low-cost channel to monitor lesions. The researcher also said that health care applications can use a variety of different strategies to deliver health information to people. For example, an application can help people pay attention to their physical changes or symptoms in real time by monitoring patient health information in real time. Or, such applications can encourage users to adopt a healthier lifestyle through the form of games. On the other hand, the application can also provide social support for patients to follow a healthy lifestyle, which is especially effective in helping people quit smoking, maintain a healthy diet and strengthen exercise. However, researchers have found that these applications often do not take full advantage of the social networking capabilities of smartphones. Specifically, of all the applications surveyed, only three applications allow users to communicate with others or express their support. More seriously, the US Internet Medical Journal study found that users who are over-reliant on these health care applications may even have a negative impact on their physical and mental health. In the survey, the researchers found a total of nine applications that could help people diagnose early skin cancer, some of which provide tools to diagnose skin cancer by analyzing images taken by users. “If such applications provide patients with misleading health information, this can be harmful or confusing for people,†the researchers concluded.
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