A mobile app for patients with Pompe disease and its possible clinical applications

Giulia Ricci; Sigrid Baldanzi; Fabrizio Seidita; Chiara Proietti; Francesca Carlini; Silvia Peviani; Giovanni Antonini; Andrea Vianello; Gabriele Siciliano; Italian GSD II group

doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2018.03.005

A mobile app for patients with Pompe disease and its possible clinical applications

Neuromuscul Disord. 2018 Jun;28(6):471-475. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.03.005. Epub 2018 Mar 12.

Authors

Giulia Ricci¹, Sigrid Baldanzi¹, Fabrizio Seidita², Chiara Proietti³, Francesca Carlini³, Silvia Peviani³, Giovanni Antonini⁴, Andrea Vianello⁵, Gabriele Siciliano⁶; Italian GSD II group

Collaborators

Italian GSD II group:
O Musumeci⁷, A Toscano⁷, S Ravaglia⁸, M Moggio⁹, G Comi⁹, E Pegoraro¹⁰, M Filosto¹¹, G Marrosu¹², L Maggi¹³, R Liguori¹⁴, R Massa¹⁵, G Di Iorio¹⁶, S Servidei¹⁷, C Angelini¹⁸, T Mongini¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
² Associazione Italiana Glicogenosi - ONLUS, Via Roma 2/G, 20090 Assago (Milan), Italy.
³ Vidiemme Consulting s.r.l, Via Natale Battaglia 8, 20127 Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neurology, S. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "Sapienza", via Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Cardio-Thoracic, Respiratory Pathophysiology Division, University-City Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, Padova, Italy.
⁶ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
⁸ University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁹ University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
¹¹ University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
¹² University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
¹³ "C Besta" National Institute of Neurology, Milan, Italy.
¹⁴ University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹⁵ University of Tor Vergata Roma, Rome, Italy.
¹⁶ University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
¹⁷ Catholic University Rome, Rome, Italy.
¹⁸ IRCCS S Camillo Venice, Italy.
¹⁹ University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

PMID: 29655528
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.03.005

Abstract

In recent years, the potential of smart technology to provide innovative solutions for disease management has raised high expectations for patients' and healthcare professionals' community. We developed a mobile app, called AIGkit, specifically designed for adult patients with Pompe disease, with the aim to help them manage the burden of illness-related factors, and also to provide clinicians with continuous tracking of each patient in real-time and ambient conditions of everyday life. We present the AIGkit as an innovative approach exploiting cutting-edge technology to improve quality of care and research into neuromuscular disorders.

Keywords: Glycogen storage disease type II; Pompe disease; Smart technology; e-Health.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / therapy*
Humans
Mobile Applications*
Quality of Life*
Self-Management*