精神疾患患者のための在宅療養支援システムの開発

抄録

The objective of this study was to develop a home care support system using a smartphone to solve problems of patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. We have created a system by which patients can input their symptoms, drug administrations, doctor’s appointments, and so on from the comfort of their homes to support their own treatment and recovery. We got healthcare professionals including nurses and psychiatric patients to evaluate the system. The results showed that the input items for the physical and mental symptoms were inevitable. In particular, it was suggested that support for prodromal symptoms, thought disorders, and lack of motivation would be effective in the system. These findings suggest that a home care support system via a smartphone could be helpful for psychiatric patients’ self-care.