{"id":31235,"date":"2022-08-24T09:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=31235"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:15:56","slug":"publican-estudio-sobre-el-uso-de-apps-de-salud-durante-la-pandemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/noticias\/publican-estudio-sobre-el-uso-de-apps-de-salud-durante-la-pandemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Published study on the use of health apps during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The University of Sydney in collaboration with eight Australian research institutions and Imperial College London conducted a global cross-sectional study on the use of technology for health purposes during the pandemic.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The study published in PLOS Digital Health, aimed to examine mobile applications for health care, physical activity monitoring, or related to COVID-19 in adults during the pandemic. These in order to find or establish a relationship between the use of this type of application and healthy behaviors or habits.<\/p>

The method used was a cross-sectional survey applied online between June and September 2020. The survey was independently developed and reviewed by the co-authors to establish its validity. The association between the use of the aforementioned mobile apps and health-related habits were examined using a multivariate logistic regression model, which is a technique used to estimate the relationship between variables or sets of variables.<\/p>

The survey included the participation of 552 adults (76.71 TP2T women and 23.31 TP2T men) from 32 countries, although the majority were Australians. The self-reported survey showed that 60% of adults used a mobile app for health-related reasons during the pandemic while 38% used apps to track their physical activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Although they are not specialized applications to promote healthy habits, the most used apps for this purpose were Zoom, Facebook and YouTube. However, 83% of people responded that they used health apps during the pandemic to stay active; the 37% to connect with other people, the 33% to manage your mental health, the 26% to eat healthy and the 26% to sleep better.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Physical activity-related applications were used by the participants' 80% to record and monitor their activity level and the 60% to follow exercise videos. Likewise, the 30% said they use this type of app to take classes live and the 34% to share their progress on social networks.<\/p>

The study showed that people who reported using health-related mobile apps were more likely to be active. \u201cThis shows that technology can play an important role in helping to promote healthy behaviors, even during the unique circumstances of the pandemic. We should learn from this as we look to improve health care and accessibility in the future because keeping people on track with healthy habits is key to preventing chronic disease." explains researcher Huong Ly Tong, lead author of the study.<\/p>

However, the study also showed the negative aspects of technology in health during the pandemic, specifically the use of social networks. Dr. Liliana Laranjo, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health at the Westmead Center for Applied Research at the University of Sydney School of Medicine and Health, explained that health apps have helped people find a sense of normalcy and stay active and connected.<\/p>

"Sometimes they also had a negative emotional impact when people felt exposed to too much information about COVID-19 online or when they felt they weren't meeting their fitness goals on the trackers," he explained.<\/p>

Huong Ly Tong explains that more research is needed on this topic, as well as solid clinical trials that can promote greater personalization and adaptability of mobile apps. We invite you to consult the complete study in the following link https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/digitalhealth\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pdig.0000087<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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SYDENY UNIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/www.sydney.edu.au\/news-opinion\/news\/2022\/08\/19\/apps-kept-us-healthy-during-the-pandemic-but-it-came-at-a-cost.html<\/a><\/p>

https:\/\/twitter.com\/syd_health\/status\/1560520034535223296<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

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La Universidad de S\u00eddney en colaboraci\u00f3n con ochos instituciones de investigaci\u00f3n australianas y Imperial College London realizaron un estudio global transversal sobre el uso de tecnolog\u00eda con fines de salud durante la pandemia. El estudio publicado en PLOS Digital Health, tuvo como objetivo examinar las aplicaciones m\u00f3viles de cuidado de la salud, seguimiento de actividad f\u00edsica, o relacionadas con COVID-19 en adulto durante la pandemia. Estos con el fin de encontrar o establecer una relaci\u00f3n del uso de este tipo de aplicaciones y las conductas o h\u00e1bitos saludables. El m\u00e9todo utilizado fue una encuesta transversal aplicada en l\u00ednea entre junio y septiembre de 2020. La encuesta fue desarrollada y revisada de forma independiente por los coautores para establecer su validez. La asociaci\u00f3n entre el uso de las apps m\u00f3viles mencionadas y los h\u00e1bitos relacionados con la salud fueron examinados utilizando un modelo de regresi\u00f3n log\u00edstica multivariante, que es una t\u00e9cnica utilizada para estimar la relaci\u00f3n entre variables o conjuntos de variables. La encuesta cont\u00f3 con la participaci\u00f3n de 552 adultos (76,7% mujeres y 23,3% hombres) de 32 pa\u00edses, aunque en su mayor\u00eda fueron australianos. La encuesta auto informada mostr\u00f3 que el 60% de los adultos utilizado una app m\u00f3vil por motivos relacionados con la salud durante la pandemia mientras que el 38% utiliz\u00f3 apps para dar seguimiento a su actividad f\u00edsica. A pesar de que no son aplicaciones especializadas para promover h\u00e1bitos saludables, las apps m\u00e1s utilizadas con este fin fueron Zoom, Facebook y YouTube. No obstante, el 83% de las personas respondieron que utilizaron apps de salud durante la pandemia para mantenerse activos; el 37% para conectar con otras personas, el 33% para manejar su salud mental, el 26% para comer sanamente y el 26% para dormir mejor. Las aplicaciones relacionadas con la actividad f\u00edsica fueron utilizadas por el 80% de los participantes para registro y monitoreo de su nivel de actividad y el 60% para seguir videos de ejercicio. Asimismo, el 30% dijo utilizar este tipo de apps para tomar clases en vivo y el 34% para compartir su progreso en redes sociales. El estudio mostr\u00f3 que personas que registraron el uso de apps m\u00f3viles relacionadas con la salud ten\u00eda m\u00e1s probabilidad de ser activas. \u201cEsto demuestra que la tecnolog\u00eda puede desempe\u00f1ar un papel importante para ayudar a promover comportamientos saludables, incluso durante las circunstancias \u00fanicas de la pandemia. Deber\u00edamos aprender de esto a medida que buscamos mejorar la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y la accesibilidad en el futuro porque mantener a las personas en el buen camino con h\u00e1bitos saludables es clave para la prevenci\u00f3n de enfermedades cr\u00f3nicas\u201d. explica el investigador Huong Ly Tong, autor principal del estudio. Sin embargo, el estudio mostr\u00f3 tambi\u00e9n los aspectos negativos de la tecnolog\u00eda en la salud durante la pandemia, en espec\u00edfico el uso de redes sociales. La Dra. Liliana Laranjo, investigadora principal en Salud Digital en el Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n Aplicada de Westmead en la Facultad de Medicina y Salud de la Universidad de S\u00eddney, explic\u00f3 que las apps de salud ayudaron a personas a buscar una sensaci\u00f3n de normalidad y a mantenerse activas y conectadas. \u201cA veces, tambi\u00e9n tuvieron un impacto emocional negativo cuando las personas se sintieron expuestas a demasiada informaci\u00f3n sobre el COVID-19 en l\u00ednea o cuando sintieron que no estaban alcanzando sus objetivos de acondicionamiento f\u00edsico en los rastreadores\u201d, explic\u00f3. Huong Ly Tong, explica que es necesaria m\u00e1s investigaci\u00f3n en este tema, as\u00ed como ensayos cl\u00ednicos s\u00f3lidos que logren impulsar una mayor personalizaci\u00f3n y adaptabilidad de las apps m\u00f3viles. Te invitamos a consultar el estudio completo en el siguiente enlace https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/digitalhealth\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pdig.0000087 BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA SYDENY UNIVERSITY https:\/\/www.sydney.edu.au\/news-opinion\/news\/2022\/08\/19\/apps-kept-us-healthy-during-the-pandemic-but-it-came-at-a-cost.html https:\/\/twitter.com\/syd_health\/status\/1560520034535223296  PLOS https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/digitalhealth\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pdig.0000087<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3395,3401,160],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-31235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps-moviles-e-internet-de-las-cosas","category-iotapps","category-noticias","tag-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}