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Mobile Application to Monitor Body Mass Index and Heart Rate in the Pandemic Stage Covid-19

Abstract:

During the year 2020, with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, the confinement and health emergency gave rise to the application of mobile technology in the areas of health, numerous scientific literature gives account of the support provided by the “mHealth” in health and personal care, Thus, the group of researchers developed a free mobile application to monitor the body mass index and heart rate of a group of people of limited economic resources, a quantitative methodology was applied in the study sample to collect numerical data, the app designed has a base to record user data; It was possible to obtain data on body mass index and heart rate during six months of the pandemic, and reliable results were obtained for the control, prevention and personal care of the participants.