The purpose of mhealth interventions and MDs used in different time periods (N=515)
| Purpose of mhealth intervention | MD used | Year of article publication | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2007 | 2007–2012 | 2013 and 2014 | |||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Health promotion and disease prevention | PDA | 2 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.3) | ||
| Mobile phone | 14 | (7.3) | 20 | (6.9) | |||
| Smart device | 5 | (2.6) | 20 | (6.9) | |||
| Subtotal | 21 | (10.9) | 41 | (14.2) | |||
| Diagnosis | PDA | 1 | (0.5) | 1 | (0.3) | ||
| Mobile phone | 1 | (3.0) | 12 | (6.2) | 5 | (1.7) | |
| Smart device | 17 | (8.8) | 57 | (19.7) | |||
| Other devices | 3 | (1.6) | |||||
| Subtotal | 1 | (3.0) | 33 | (17.1) | 63 | (21.8) | |
| Treatment | PDA | 1 | (0.5) | ||||
| Mobile phone | 3 | (9.1) | 26 | (13.5) | 24 | (8.3) | |
| Smart device | 2 | (1.0) | 20 | (6.9) | |||
| Other devices | 1 | (3.0) | 2 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.3) | |
| Subtotal | 4 | (12.1) | 31 | (16.1) | 45 | (15.6) | |
| Monitoring | PDA | 4 | (12.1) | 9 | (4.7) | 6 | (2.1) |
| Mobile phone | 4 | (12.1) | 26 | (13.5) | 16 | (5.5) | |
| Smart device | 1 | (3.0) | 19 | (9.8) | 42 | (14.5) | |
| Other devices | 2 | (6.1) | 4 | (2.1) | 3 | (1.0) | |
| Subtotal | 11 | (33.3) | 58 | (30.1) | 67 | (23.2) | |
| Support for health services | PDA | 13 | (39.4) | 13 | (6.7) | 2 | (0.7) |
| Mobile phone | 2 | (6.1) | 17 | (8.8) | 34 | (11.8) | |
| Smart device | 14 | (7.3) | 34 | (11.8) | |||
| Other devices | 2 | (6.1) | 6 | (3.1) | 3 | (1.0) | |
| Subtotal | 17 | (51.5) | 50 | (25.9) | 73 | (25.3) | |
| Total | 33 | (100) | 193 | (100) | 289 | (100) | |
MD, mobile devices; PDA, Personal digital assistants.