Naranjo-Rojas Anisbed, Perula-de-Torres Luis Ángel, Molina-Recio Guillermo
Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia.
Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
Internet Interv. 2022 Jun 10;29:100552. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100552. eCollection 2022 Sep.
Patients with chronic respiratory diseases require oxygen supply in a considerable amount to reduce their symptoms and increase their survival. The development of abilities for the self-management of chronic diseases has been shown to be essential to decrease exacerbation of symptoms. Therefore, the design and development of health mobile applications (apps) that aid in educating and training for disease self-management are cost-effective strategies.
The purpose of this research was to describe the main characteristics that, according to final users, should be included in a mobile application for monitoring patients prescribed home oxygen therapy.
A participative-qualitative design was used, involving direct participation of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Focus groups were conducted to identify the needs and perspectives related to the app. A card sorting method was used to determine the contents and basic architecture of the app.
By means of the focus groups, we could identify nine basic functions of the app for the clinical monitoring of patients under home oxygen therapy. For both profiles, the app structure was determined by identifying the most frequent contents among participants.
The implementation of a user-centered design allowed for the detection of the functions, contents, and basic architecture of the app by identifying healthcare professionals and patients' needs and preferences regarding the self-management and monitoring of home oxygen prescriptions.
The study is registered in ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04820790.
慢性呼吸道疾病患者需要大量氧气供应以减轻症状并提高生存率。事实证明，发展慢性病自我管理能力对于减少症状加重至关重要。因此，设计和开发有助于疾病自我管理教育与培训的健康移动应用程序是具有成本效益的策略。
本研究的目的是描述根据最终用户的意见，用于监测接受家庭氧疗患者的移动应用程序应具备的主要特征。
采用参与性定性设计，让患者、护理人员和医疗专业人员直接参与。通过焦点小组来确定与该应用程序相关的需求和观点。使用卡片分类法来确定应用程序的内容和基本架构。
通过焦点小组，我们确定了该应用程序用于家庭氧疗患者临床监测的九个基本功能。对于这两类人群，应用程序的结构是通过确定参与者中最常见的内容来确定的。
以用户为中心的设计得以实施，通过确定医疗专业人员以及患者在家庭氧疗处方自我管理和监测方面的需求与偏好，从而发现了应用程序的功能、内容和基本架构。
该研究已在ClinicalTrials.gov上注册：NCT04820790。
