Um sistema d-Health para auxiliar na promoção de um estilo de vida saudável em hipertensos

Abstract

Hypertension is a disease characterized by high blood pressure levels. Because it has no cure, it is important that treatment and control are adequate. Among the strategies that help in this process is the Lifestyle Medicine, which seeks to support the prevention and treatment of diseases through lifestyle change interventions supported by the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This work reports the development of an e-Health system called e-Lifestyle System that aims to integrate and monitor hypertensive patients at a distance, allowing risk assessment and behavior change. Technologies such as web and mobile development, cloud computing, mobile and wearable devices were used. The e-Lifestyle System was split into a Web Server (Server Lifestyle) system made available in the cloud computing; A set of web interfaces (Web App) for health professional and administrator interaction, and an Android app (Lifestyle App) for patient interaction, including integration with a smart clock (Smartwatch) for receiving alerts and confirmation of items from the appointment book. The development process was followed by health professionals with the purpose of guaranteeing the functioning of the system according to the initial purpose of the project, to contribute to the principles of Lifestyle Medicine. At the end of the development process of the first version of the system, a case study was carried out using questions in the form of a semi-structured interview with a cardiologist from a hospital in the southern region of the country, which concluded that the system is in agreement with With hypertensive patients. The tests and results are part of the future work of this dissertation and will be performed with hypertensive patients of the hospital.