The Effect of Education Through a Mobile phone Application on Self-care of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review

The most important part in COPD patients care plan is teaching and providing self-care skills. Today, mobile phone-based technologies are increasingly proposed for self-care of chronic diseases. This  systematic review study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of education through mobile phone application on self-care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

To access clinical trial articles, search Persian and English articles with the keywords "self-care", "education", "mobile phone application", "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" were conducted in reliable Persian databases, SID, Iran Doc, Magiran and  English databases Web of Sciences, PubMed, ProQuest, Google Scholar, Scopus, in the period from 2012 to August 2022. The search and data analysis steps were compiled based on the Prisma standard guide. After reviewing the retrieved texts and removing duplicate and unrelated items, a total of 6 articles were selected in line with the objectives of this study and after checking the quality of the selected articles, it was analyzed.

education based on the application is about how to follow a proper diet, how to follow the prescribed medication regimen, daily activities, exercise and physical activity, eliminating harmful habits such as smoking, counseling and talking with friends, having family and non-family support, and skills How to use the oxygen device and breathing sprays.

Benefiting from mobile phone-based technologies in self-care of chronic diseases at different levels of the health system will reduce the burden of diseases and develop the educational role of nurses and health care providers in society.