Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Trials. 2024 Mar 28;25(1):225. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08064-2.
Adolescence is a critical stage for the development of self-care. Many adolescents use mobile apps to monitor and improve their health. Health information technology plays a significant role in the field of self-care. This article provides a protocol for a study to design and evaluate mobile applications for adolescent self-care.
The present research is a combination of applied development study, methodological, and intervention experimental. This study will be done in three stages: The first stage is the design and evaluation of a mobile application for adolescent self-care. The second stage is, designing and evaluating the psychometric properties of the "Questionnaire for Measuring Adolescent Self-Care Performance." This questionnaire will be used before and after using the application in the third stage. The third stage is determining the effectiveness of self-care interventions based on mobile applications among adolescents. The target group will be adolescents aged 10-19 from the schools of Amol City. In the first stage, the opinions of 30 people adolescents, parents, and experts will be used. In the second stage, the number of samples will be 10 times the number of items in the questionnaire. In the third stage, 50 people will be in the intervention group and 50 people will be in the control group. Descriptive statistics will be used for data analysis. Between-group and intra-group comparisons will be calculated about quantitative variables, independent t-test and paired t-test, and analysis of variance. The chi-square test and Fisher's exact test will be used in SPSS 16 software to test the homogeneity of qualitative variables between the two groups.
In the first stage, based on the opinions received from the target group, a user-centered educational application for self-care of adolescents will be designed. In the second stage, after determining the validity and reliability, a questionnaire will be designed to measure the self-care performance of adolescents. In the third stage, using an intervention study for 3 months, the effectiveness of the training will be determined through the designed application. Our findings are scheduled for a full analysis, with expectations that analyses will be completed by September 2023.
青春期是自我护理发展的关键阶段。许多青少年使用移动应用程序来监测和改善他们的健康。健康信息技术在自我护理领域发挥着重要作用。本文提供了一个研究方案，用于设计和评估青少年自我护理的移动应用程序。
本研究是应用开发研究、方法学和干预实验的结合。这项研究将分三个阶段进行：第一阶段是设计和评估青少年自我护理的移动应用程序。第二阶段是设计和评估“青少年自我护理表现测量问卷”的心理计量学特性。该问卷将在第三阶段使用应用程序前后使用。第三阶段是确定基于移动应用程序的青少年自我护理干预措施的有效性。目标群体将是阿莫尔市学校的 10-19 岁青少年。在第一阶段，将征求 30 名青少年、家长和专家的意见。在第二阶段，样本量将是问卷项目数量的 10 倍。在第三阶段，干预组将有 50 人，对照组将有 50 人。将使用描述性统计数据进行数据分析。将计算组间和组内比较关于定量变量的独立 t 检验和配对 t 检验以及方差分析。将使用 SPSS 16 软件中的卡方检验和 Fisher 确切检验来检验两组之间定性变量的同质性。
在第一阶段，根据目标群体的意见，将设计一个以用户为中心的青少年自我护理教育应用程序。在第二阶段，在确定有效性和可靠性后，将设计一个测量青少年自我护理表现的问卷。在第三阶段，通过为期 3 个月的干预研究，将通过设计的应用程序确定培训的有效性。我们的研究结果计划进行全面分析，预计分析将于 2023 年 9 月完成。
