The development of self-management among patient with heart failure by using health application

Heart failure is a major global health concern that requires effective self-management to reduce complications and hospital readmissions.The purpose of this study was to develop a health application prototype to support self-management among patients with heart failure.This study operated in 2 phase: 1) to anylyze the need for development a moblie application to assit the Heart Failure patients' self management at home by collecting qualitative data through in-depth interview among 60 participants, including healthcare professionals and patients/caregivers; 2) to develop the prototype of the Heart Failure application for heart failure patients by syntheszing the data from phease 1 combined with litearture review to design the application.The indept interview data were analyzed by using thematic analysis method.The demographic data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic.The Ethical Research Committee approved the study.The results illustraed that the key requirements for the application, such as need an application can provide appointment scheduling notification and the behavior advice, self-adjusting medication, video-based guidance, offline functionality, and emergency notifications.The application should have a simple and user-friendly format, while healthcare professionals emphasized the importance of patient identification and providing comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the disease's pathology.Based on these findings, a prototype health application was developed with features tailored to the needs of patients with heart failure.In Conclusion, the development of health application prototype used needs-based to provides a promising tool to enhance self-management and improve quality of life for patients with heart failure.The findings highlight the value of user-centered design in creating effective digital health solutions for chronic disease management.