Metaphylaxis Of Stone Disease In Smartphone Or Russian mHEALTH

Nariman K Gadzhiev; Sergei S Brovkin; Vladislav E Grigoryev; Vladimir V Dmitriev; Vigen A Malkhasyan; Dmitriy D Shkarupa; Aleksei V Pisarev; Denis A Mazurenko; Vladimir M Obidnyak; Sergei V Popov; Nair S Tagirov; Valeriy D Korol; Sergey B Petrov

Metaphylaxis Of Stone Disease In Smartphone Or Russian mHEALTH

Nariman K Gadzhiev Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine
Sergei S Brovkin Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine
Vladislav E Grigoryev Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine
Vladimir V Dmitriev Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine
Vigen A Malkhasyan Moscow State Medical Stomatological University named after A.I. Evdokimov
Dmitriy D Shkarupa St Petersburg Multiprofile Center of Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
Aleksei V Pisarev St Petersburg Multiprofile Center of Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
Denis A Mazurenko European Medical Center
Vladimir M Obidnyak St Petersburg Clinical Hospital named after St Luka
Sergei V Popov St Petersburg Clinical Hospital named after St Luka
Nair S Tagirov St. Petersburg St Elisabeth City Hospita
Valeriy D Korol Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine
Sergey B Petrov Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine

Abstract

Goal: to develop mobile application for patients with kidney stone for compliance maintenance and possible reduction of recurrence rate. Material and methods. Existing mobile applications for urolithiasis were meticulously reviewed by three groups of doctors each from different urological facilities from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Information used in our mobile application was from main urolithiasis guidelines of different urological associations. Direct application development was done by professional programmers. After application release urologist from all over the Russia were questioned about the usefulness of this product. Results. As a result of combined work application “Urolithiasis: patient assistant” was produced. Among 102 respondents 96 % evaluated this application as very useful, 3 % as useful and only 1 % considered it as a weak tool. Conclusion. Application “Urolithiasis: patient assistant” being first and single in Russian language consists of tools for compliance maintenance and plenty of other useful information regarding recurrence risk reduction and thus may be used in patients with kidney stones.