Padrão de prescrição de Aplicações Digitais de Saúde pelos Médicos de Família portugueses

Abstract

Introduction: With the development of tablets, smartphones and wearable devices there has been a growing use of digital applications in the health area. At the end of 2022, there were 41,517 health apps available on the App Store® and 54,546 on Google Play Store®. General Practitioners are characterized by having a doctor-patient relationship that allow to advise digital applications of healthy lifestyles, as well as health management chronic disease. A study carried out in Australia concluded that it is feasible to prescribe health applications by general practitioners, and it is necessary to train them in this prescription so that they feel more confident to prescribe. The biggest barriers identified by general practitioners for prescribing are the lack of knowledge about existing applications and the possible lack of security and certification. Objectives: The aim of this study is to identify the prescription pattern of digital health applications by portuguese genral practitioners and what factors influence this prescription. Methodology: Observational study, with data collection through a survey. The population to be studied are portuguese genral practitioners. Sampling was done for convenience. The data were recorded in a database in SPSS® format and data analysis will be carried out by the research team using the functionalities of the SPSS® program.