Mobile technologies in the Nursing area

Integrative literature review in which was used the Population, Interest and Context (PICo) strategy, the tool of the National Library of Medicine for formulation of the research question, and search without a determined period of time in the following bibliographic databases: Medical Literature and Retrieval System onLine/PubMed^®), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF). Data collection period was from January to March 2017.

Results:

Fifteen articles were selected, in which were addressed mobile technologies in Nursing for nurses, undergraduate students and patients.

Conclusion:

Mobile technologies in Nursing are a recent theme and enable care data sharing, experience acquisition by undergraduate students and patient empowerment.

Descriptors:
Mobile Applications; Smartphone; Nursing Informatics; Application of Medical Informatics; Mobile Phones

Description	PICo	Components	Descriptor	Type	UND
Population/Problem	P p	Original studies	-	-	-
Interest	II	Mobile phone applications	"Computers, handheld"	DeCS MeSH Emtree	iPhoneAndroid blackberry blackberry Windows MobileWindows Phone deviceapplication
			"Smartphone"
			"Mobile applications"
Context	CCo	Nursing	Nursing	DeCSMeSH	nurs$ nurs*

Databases	Search strategy
MEDLINE/PubMed ®	("Mobile Applications"[Mesh] OR "Mobile Applications"[AllFields]) OR ("Mobile Application$"[AllFields]) OR ("computers, handheld"[MeSHTerms] OR ("computer$"[AllFields] AND "handheld"[AllFields]) OR "handheld computer$"[AllFields]) OR ("smartphone$"[AllFields] OR "smart-phone$"[AllFields] OR "smartphone$"[AllFields] OR "iPhone"[AllFields] OR "Android"[AllFields] OR "blackberry"[AllFields] OR "blackberry"[AllFields] OR "Windows Mobile"[AllFields] OR "Windows Phone"[AllFields]) AND ((("nursing"[MeSHTerms] OR "breastfeeding"[MeSHTerms]) OR "nursing"[AllFields]) OR nurs$[AllFields])
CINAHL	( (MH "Mobile Applications") OR "mobile application" ) OR ( ( (MH "Computers, Hand-Held") OR (MH "Computers, Portable") OR "computers, handheld" OR (MH "Smartphone") OR "smartphone" OR "iphone" OR "android" OR "windowsphone" OR "windows mobile" OR "blackberry" OR "blackberrry" ) AND ( (nursing) OR (nurs*) ) ) Limitadores -Revistas Acadêmicas Restringir por Language: - portuguese Restringir por Language: - spanish Restringir por Language: - english Modos de pesquisa - Booleano/Frase
SCOPUS	((ALL("mobile application") OR ALL("deviceapplication"))) OR (((ALL(smartphone) OR ALL(smartphone$) OR ALL(smart-phone$) OR ALL("smartphone$") OR ALL("computers,handheld$") OR ALL("computers, handheld") OR ALL(iphone) OR ALL("windowsphone") OR ALL(android) OR ALL(blackberry) OR ALL("blackberry"))) AND ((ALL(nurs*) OR ALL(nursing)))) AND ( LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"NURS" ) ) AND ( LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE,"English" ) OR LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE,"Portuguese" ) OR LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE,"Spanish" ) ) AND ( LIMIT-TO(DOCTYPE,"ar" ) )
LILACS and BDENF	(tw:("nursing")) OR (tw:(nurs)) AND (tw:((tw:("Mobile Applications")) OR (mh:("Mobile Applications")) OR (tw:(mobile application)) OR (tw:("computers, handheld")) OR (tw:(handheld computer)) OR (tw:(smartphone)) OR (tw:(smartphone)) OR (tw:(smart-phone)) OR (tw:(smartphone)) OR (tw:(iphone)) OR (tw:(android)) OR (tw:(blackberry)) OR (tw:("blackberry")) OR (tw:("Windows Mobile")) OR (tw:(windowsphone)))) AND (instance:"regional") AND ( db:("LILACS" OR "BDENF"))

Database	Authors	Title	Year/Journal	Type of study/Level of evidence	Mobile technologies in Nursing according to target public
Study A (LILACS and BDENF)	Velasco HF, Cabral CZ, Pinheiro PP, Azambuja RCS, Vitola LS, Costa MR, et al.	Use of digital media for the education of health professionals in the treatment of childhood asthma	2015/ Jornal de Pediatria	Randomized controlled trial/Level II	Not mentioned
Study B(LILACS and BDENF)	Grossi, L.M.; Pisa, I.T.; Marin, H.F.	Oncoaudit: development and evaluation of an application for nurse auditors	2014/Acta Paulista de Enfermagem	Qualitative and quantitative study/Level VI	Oncoaudit
Study C(LILACS and BDENF)	Catalan VM, Silveira DT, Neutzling AL, Martinato LHM, Borges GCM.	The NAS system: Nursing Activities Score in mobile technology	2011/Revista da escola de Enfermagem da USP	Descriptive study/Level VI	Nursing Activities Score
Study D (Pubmed)	Kim H, Chung H,Wang S,Jiang X,Choi J.	SAPPIRE: a Prototype Mobile Tool for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment	2014/Studies in Health Technology and Informatics	Descriptive study/Level VI	SAPPIRE(Skin Assessment for Pressure Ulcer Prevention, an Integrated Recording Environment)
Study E(Pubmed)	Wang J,Yao N,Wang Y,Zhou F, Liu Y,Geng Z,et al.	Developing ''Care Assistant'': A smartphone application to support caregivers of children with acutely lymphoblastic leukemia	2015/ Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	Descriptive study/Level VI	Care Assistant
Study F(Pubmed)	Warpenius E, Alasaarela E,Sorvoja H,Kinnunen M.	A mobile user-interface for elderly care from the perspective of relatives	2015/ Informatics for Health and Social Care	Descriptive study/Level VI	Not mentioned

Database	Authors	Title	Year/Journals	Type of study/Level of evidence	Mobile technologies in Nursing according to target public
Study A (LILACS and BDENF)	Galvão, ECF, Püschel, VAA.	Multimedia application in mobile platform for teaching the measurement of central venous pressure	2012/ Revista da escola de Enfermagem da USP	Qualitative study/Level VI	Not mentioned
Study B(Pubmed)	Juric,S.; Zalik, B	An innovative approach tonear-infrared spectroscopy using a standard mobile device and its clinical application in the real-time visualization of peripheral veins	2014/ BMC medical informatics and decision making	Qualitative study/Level VI	mVeinVision
Study C (Pubmed)	Chang CW, Ma TY, Choi MS, Hsu YY, Tsai YJ, Hou TW	Electronic personal maternity records: Both web and smartphone services	2015/ Computer methods and programs in biomedicine	Qualitative study/Level VI	Pregfone Care
Study D (Pubmed)	Jeon, E., Park, HÁ.	Development of a smartphone Application for Clinical-Guideline Based Obesity Management	2014/ Healthcare Informatics Research	Qualitative study/Level VI	Not mentioned
Study E (Pubmed)	Kang H, Park HA.	Development of Hypertension Management Mobile Application based on Clinical Practice Guidelines	2015/Studies in Health Technology and Informatics	Descriptive study/Level VI	Not mentioned
Study F	Nes AAG, Van Dulmen S,Eide E,Finset A,Kristjánsdóttir OB,Steen IS,et al.	The development and feasibility of a web-based intervention with diaries and situational feedback via smartphone to support self-management in patients with diabetes type 2	2012/ Diabetes research and clinical practice	Descriptive study/Level VI	Not mentioned
Study G	Morrison CF, Szulczewski L,Strahlendorf LF,Lane JB,Mullins LL,Pai AL	Designing Technology to Address Parent Uncertainty inChildhood Cancer	2016/ Advances in Nursing Science	Randomized controlled trial/Level II	Not mentioned
Study H	Jaensson M, Dahlberg K, Eriksson M, Grönlund Å, Nilsson U.	The Development of the Recovery Assessments by Phone Points (RAPP): A Mobile Phone App for Postoperative Recovery Monitoring and Assessment	2015/ JMIR mHealth and uHealth	Descriptive study/Level VI	Recovery Assessments by Phone Points (RAPP)
Study I	Cho MJ, Sim JL, Hwang SY.	Development of Smartphone Educational Application for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease	2014/Healthcare Informatic Research	Descriptive study/Level VI	Strong Heart

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Alessandra Maria de Araújo Silva. E-mail: alessandra_dri@hotmail.com