Fatehi, Farhad

Mosadeghi-Nik, Mahsa

Niakan Kalhori, Sharareh R.

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Mobile Health (mHealth) for Chronic Wound Management: A Review of the Literature
Mahsa MOSADEGHI-NIK1, Shararaeh R. NIAKAN-KALHORI1, Farhad FATEHI2
1. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Aim
Considering the widespread use of mobile phones in healthcare, the aim of this review was to reveal the role of 
mhealth technology in the management of chronic wounds through self-care or self-management enhancement of 
the patients and improving access to health care providers.
Methods
We searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Embase databases for studies reporting the use of mobile 
phones for managing chronic wounds. The electronic search was conducted in May 2017 and returned 656 
records. After removing duplicates and screening at title/abstract level, the full text of 499 papers was examined 
and 68 studies met the inclusion criteria. We then checked the reference list of retrieved review papers and hand 
searched the Journal of Medical Internet Research, which identified seven more papers. 
Results
We identified 75 papers reporting the use of mobile phones for chronic wounds management. The most common 
types of the wound under study were lower extremity wound and pressure ulcer with 30 and 20 papers 
respectively. 45 studies were designed for monitoring and controlling of wounds, 19 for prevention, 7 for detection 
and diagnosis, 2 for wound treatment and 2 for self-management enhancement by patients.  The mobile apps have 
been developed for both patients and health care providers. Remote wound care, image capturing and 
transforming, collecting and analysing individual’s data, messaging, and alerting have been the main applications 
for mobile phones. The most dominant technologies used in studies were image-processing algorithms, interface 
between sensors, mobile Apps and wearable devices.
Conclusion
The use of mobile phone for chronic wound management could help to provide high-quality care, increase the 
knowledge of the providers, patients and their relatives, facilitate remote wound care, reduce the cost of patient 
care/patient transportation and decrease rate of infection, amputation and consequently mortality rate.  
Key word: Chronic Wound, Mobile phone, mHealth, Mobile health, Smartphone.
Correspondence:
Mahsa Mosadeghi-Nik 
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
mahsanik.medinfo@gmail.com


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