Reducción de daños asociados al consumo de drogas inyectadas y uso del teléfono móvil: potencialidades de desarrollo de aplicaciones mSalud en población clínica
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Introduction: Persons who inject drugs are one of the most vulnerable people of the drug-addiction treatment services and the
harm reduction services. The objective of this study is to analyze
the feasibility of to develop mHealth applications.
Methods: Descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study
of a sample of 518 persons who inject drugs of Barcelona and Girona recruited in five services of drug-addiction treatment and harm
reduction. An ad hoc questionary about drug-related health status,
personal mobile phone characteristics of use and opinion about
personal data communication and interest of mHealth application
specific of harm reduction was conducted.
Results: The average of time using injected drugs was 14.2
years, the 76.8% were cared for in the ambulatory public treatment
or harm reduction services. When participants were recruited, the
90.2% owned a mobile phone and the 86.9% a smartphone. An 89.9%
of persons who had a mobile phone referred interest in mHealth
applications with an average of interest of 9.1/10 points.
Discussion: Persons who inject drugs are users of mobile phones and smartphones at the same level and with the same motivations as the general population. Furthermore, the interest about
mHealth is high and majority, especially with app addressed to provide needles and other injection materials. This study considers as
feasible to generate attention and interest in persons who inject
drugs about mHealth applications and at the same time to offer
viable alternatives to deploy some no face-to-face health benefits