Abstract 13041: Stroke Mobile Apps: What About 'FAST' and Other Risk Factors?
| Autor: | Binita S Pandya, Arunima Vijay, Gloria Wu, harleen bhatti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Circulation. 142 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.13041 |
| Popis: | Do Stroke Apps Include FAST? Background: There are 325,000 mobile health apps, with 3.7 billion downloads annually. Stroke is a major health problem in America, affecting 795,000 annually. Yet, 1 in 3 Americans cannot name the stroke warning signs. Hypothesis: Mobile health apps that mention stroke fail to include FAST criteria and fail to provide information about stroke risk factors. Methods: “Stroke” was used as a search term for iOs and Droid apps. We evaluated free apps, and Stroke warning signs,(F=face droop, A= arm weakness, S=speech, T= call 911, FAST). We looked for risk factors such as Cholesterol (Chol), fasting blood sugar (FBS), smoking, hypertension (HTN), atrial fibrillation (AF), ethnicity, gender, and age. Results: We found 500 apps that mentioned stroke, of those, only 7 apps specifically list the FAST criteria. The number of apps mentioning key risk factors are listed: Chol: 3/8, FBS 2/8, Smoking 4/8, HTN 5/8, Vision Loss 6/8, Gender 4/8, Ethnicity:2/8, Afib 3/8. Only 1 app mentioned heart.org, and none mentioned Stroke.org or “cvriskcalculator.” Conclusion: Only a small proportion of mobile apps mentioning stroke list the FAST criteria, possibly delaying patients and families from taking appropriate rapid action. Apps also need to have more information about important risk factors for stroke. Improved visibility of these apps is needed to increase public awareness of Stroke. References:Research2Guidance. 325000 mobile health apps available in 2017.https://research2guidance.com/325000-mobile-health-apps-available-in-2017/. Accessed May 17, 2020. |
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