TRAVELER-RELATED MOBILE APPLICATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SELF-MONITORING

Abstract

Traveler apps for mobile devices such as smartphones are becoming more widely available. This study aimed to identify traveler infectious disease self-monitoring implementation strategies on a mobile application. It analyzed 73 journals from the PubMed database using the descriptive-analytic method. The records used in this exploration study were those released between 2018 and 2023 that were collected based on the keywords “travelers’ application,” or “infectious disease”. Data analysis was conducted using the VOS viewer software analytical tools. According to the findings, studies on traveler application domination with pandemic COVID-19 travel apps used. The study on mobile applications for traveler applications on infectious disease revealed four clusters of dominant themes: information about the COVID-19 outbreak, application related to diagnosis for travelers, measurement community mortality and risk, and respondent risk assessment. This study also looked at research patterns throughout time. Current research themes concern travel risk applications that can raise people’s knowledge of endemic areas, health risk avoidance, and early identification of infectious illness signs to recommend beginning management. Through bibliometric analysis and network visualization, the researchers summarized current developments in infectious disease for traveler’s research to shed light on their research frontier, trends, and hot themes. These findings could be useful for future research and views in this quickly evolving subject.