Design and Evaluation of a Novel Mobile Phone Application to Improve Palliative Home-Care in Resource-Limited Settings

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Harding ◽  
José Miguel Carrasco ◽  
Jordi Serrano-Pons ◽  
Jeannine Lemaire ◽  
Eve Namisango ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Resource Limited Settings ◽  
Palliative Home Care ◽  
Mobile Phone Application ◽  
Resource Limited

Developing a USSD-based mobile phone app to provide adolescents with sexual reproductive health information: A human-centered design approach (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Macharia ◽  
Antoni Pérez-Navarro ◽  
Irene Inwani ◽  
Ruth Nduati ◽  
Carme Carrion
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Resource Limited Settings ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Sexual Reproductive Health ◽  
Resource Limited ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancies and sexually-transmitted infections continue to impact 15 – 19-year-olds across the globe. The lack of sexual reproductive health information in resource-limited settings can often be due to cultural and societal attitudes to adolescent sexual reproductive health. Innovative approaches, including mobile phone technologies, are needed to address the need for adolescent reproductive health information. OBJECTIVE To design and develop a mobile app prototype to provide confidential adolescent reproductive health information on demand and evaluate its usability and user experience. METHODS A human-centered design methodology was applied. This practice framework allowed the perspectives and feedback of adolescent users to be included in the iterative design process. Field usability testing enabled the adolescents to provide feedback on the functionality, usability, and usefulness of the app. RESULTS During the usability test, 62 (54.9%) of the adolescents that were followed-up had used the app at least once, 30 (48.4%) of these were male participants and 32 (51.6%) female. The app was described as ‘very interesting’ to use by 44 (70.9%) participants, 20 male and 24 female. The content was deemed to be either ‘perfectly’ or ‘well targeted’ on sexual reproductive health by 60 (96.7%) adolescents, and the app was rated ‘best app’ by 45 (72.6%) adolescents, 27 female and 18 male, with a p-value = 0.011. CONCLUSIONS A mobile phone app is a feasible and acceptable way to deliver adolescent sexual reproductive health information in resource-limited settings. The USSD mobile phone technology could deliver confidential information on demand.

Mobile Phone Application for Supporting Persons with Higher Brain Dysfunctions

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-400
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Nakayama ◽  
Yuka Miyaji ◽  
Seishi Kato ◽  
Nobuhisa Sakurada ◽  
Noriyuki Ueda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phone Application

Tinjauan sistematis: Efektifitas Palliative Home Care untuk Pasien dengan HIV/AIDS

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linlin Lindayani ◽  
Nenden Nur Asriyani Maryam
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Palliative Medicine ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Palliative Home Care ◽  
Hiv Aids

Asuhan palitif untuk pasien dengan HIV/AIDS merupakan elemen inti dari asuhan pasien dengan HIV/AIDS. Asuhan paliatif yang berbasis home care saat ini menjadi elemen penting yang digunakan di berbagainegara. Akan tetapi, tidak ada studi atau tinjauan sebelumnya yang menganalisis efektifitas dari asuhanpaliatif yang berbasis home care pada pasien dengan HIV/AIDS. Tujuan dari tinjauan sistematik ini adalahuntuk mengevaluasi efektivitas Palliative Home Care untuk pasien dengan HIV/AIDS terhadap nyeri,pengendalian gejala, meningkatkan kualitas hidup, meningkatkan kepuasan asuhan, dan efektivitas biaya.Pencarian awal terbatas dilakukan di MEDLINE dan CINAHL. Kedua database tersebut dipilih denganpertimbangan bahwa keduanya merupakan database terbesar di bidang kesehatan dan kedokteran. Kemudiastrategi pencarian lainnya dilakukan pada database lain meliputi: Cochrane Library, UpToDate, Ovid, AIDSCare, Journal of Palliative Care, dan Journal of Palliative Medicine. Studi yang diterbitkan dalam Bahasa Inggrisdan tahun 2000-2016 dipertimbangkan untuk dimasukkan dalam tinjauan ini. Data diekstrak oleh penulis dandiringkas menggunakan alat ekstraksi data dari JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute). Kami menemukan 4 studi yangmasuk kedalam kriteria tinjauan kami, satu studi randomizes control trial dan tiga studi prospectively control.Hasil dari tinjauan ini menunjukkan bahwa Palliative Home Care terbukti efektif dalam mengontol nyeridan gejala-gelaja lain, mempertahankan dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien, tingginya kepuasan daripasien dan kelurga terhadap asuhan Palliative Home Care berkisar 93% - 96% dan lebih cost-effectivenessdibandingkan dengan Hospital-Based Palliative Care. Dengan demikian, penting untuk mengembangkanPalliative Home Care untuk pasien dengan HIV/AIDS terutama untuk negara dengan sumber daya yang terbatas.

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