School of Sport, Nutrition and Allied Health Professions, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Department of Sport and Health Science and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Health Informatics J. 2024 Oct-Dec;30(4):14604582241288784. doi: 10.1177/14604582241288784.
Children and young people with cancer face barriers when engaging with exercise, such as treatment-related side effects, psychosocial burdens and lack of individualised provisions. Digital health tools, such as smartphone applications, have emerged as a promising driver to support healthcare provisions in exercise prescription among patients. It is vital to explore how such technologies can be developed more effectively in order to strengthen the evidence supporting their use and for more appropriate implementation within healthcare. This study aims to explore user experiences, preferences and suggested improvements from healthy children and young people aged 9-21 years. An augmented reality (AR) application was specifically developed for children and young people aged 9-21 years undergoing cancer treatment and a protocol for a pilot study was designed. The target sample of this pilot study is 90 healthy children and young people aged 9-21 years. Practical 30-min workshops will be conducted encouraging participants to engage with the smartphone app. Focus groups will explore participant experiences, preferences, and suggested improvements. Data will be analysed deductively with apriori themes derived from the semi-structured interviews. Obtaining user experiences, preferences and suggested improvements is especially important for the development of novel apps, such as those prescribing exercise and using algorithms and augmented reality software. Results from this study will directly influence the development of an augmented reality application, which will also be applied within a long-term trial in paediatric oncology.
儿童和青少年癌症患者在参与运动时会面临障碍，例如与治疗相关的副作用、心理社会负担以及缺乏个性化的规定。数字健康工具，如智能手机应用程序，已成为支持患者运动处方中医疗保健规定的有前途的驱动因素。探索如何更有效地开发这些技术以加强对其使用的支持证据并在医疗保健中更适当地实施至关重要。本研究旨在探索健康的 9-21 岁儿童和青少年的用户体验、偏好和改进建议。专门为正在接受癌症治疗的 9-21 岁儿童和青少年开发了增强现实 (AR) 应用程序，并设计了一项试点研究方案。该试点研究的目标样本为 90 名健康的 9-21 岁儿童和青少年。将举办实用的 30 分钟研讨会，鼓励参与者使用智能手机应用程序。焦点小组将探讨参与者的体验、偏好和改进建议。将使用预先确定的主题对数据进行演绎分析，这些主题源自半结构化访谈。获取用户体验、偏好和改进建议对于开发新型应用程序（如规定运动和使用算法和增强现实软件的应用程序）尤为重要。这项研究的结果将直接影响增强现实应用程序的开发，该应用程序也将在儿科肿瘤学的长期试验中应用。
