Table 1. Present features in MS medication self-management apps. Y: Present feature, * Recording missed medication dosages and providing recommendations for missed dosages, ⲗManaging injections (recording names, location and time of injections, tracking injection sites), γOther features such as recording symptoms, medical events, recording necessary phone numbers.
| Features | Application names for MS medication Self-Management | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic MS Explorer | MS dialog | Noteness | MS Journal | Med Note Plus | My Multiple Sclerosis | Med Notes TP | RebiLink | MS injection | MS MAYA | |
| Medication management | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Recording missed medication dosages * | Y | |||||||||
| Managing injectionsⲗ | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Set up reminders | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Reporting | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Sharing reports or sending data | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y (only sending data) | |||||
| Notifying the end dated of medications | Y | |||||||||
| Accessing to medication information | Y | |||||||||
| Recording notes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Other featuresγ | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||