Application Design for Risk Awareness and Notification for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases

Abstract

The objectives of this research are as follows: to design an application for risk awareness and notification for chronic non-communicable diseases. The study was divided into three dimensions: (1) to study the data related to the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases, awareness, and risky behavior by analyzing related articles and research; (2) to study the factors related to the participation of families, communities and society, and for modifying behaviors; and (3) to study the factors related to the use of social media applications for creating research tools, i.e., applications for risk awareness and notification for chronic non-communicable diseases for making an assessment form to question 100 people about the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases. The questions were divided into three parts that were directly related to risk awareness and notifications to respond to the objectives of the study, as follows: (1) for the application of data display on personal health, the results revealed that the mean of capacity to display BMI and life quality (sleeping, water drinking, exercising, and smoking) for awareness of the data during the use of the application was 4.4, with a standard deviation of 0.63, which was considered to be at a good level. The mean of connection with devices and applications on health for analyzing data on notifications regarding health provided to users was 4.3, with a standard deviation of 0.78, which was considered to be a good level. The mean of analysis on the comparison of retrospective data on health as regular data for users and notification on health care was 4.4, with a standard deviation of 0.75, which was considered to be a good level; (2) the application data display on social media, the results revealed that the mean of the capacity to encourage beloved persons, friends, or family members to provide notifications on health care was 4.2, with a standard deviation of 0.79, which was considered to be at a good level. The mean of capacity to share personal health data and awareness leading to notification settings, such as exercising, sufficient rest, or warning in case of any risky behavior, for example, drinking or smoking, was 4.3, with a standard deviation of 0.79, which was considered a good level; and (3) for application on data display for health products in the marketplace and the results revealed that the mean of capacity to get special discounts from ordering via application after performing health care was 4.2, with a standard deviation of 0.89, which was considered to be at a good level.