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  • Digital Health
  • Burn Management
  • Patient Education

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  • Effective burn self-care is crucial for reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes.
  • Patient-dependent management necessitates accessible and comprehensive self-care education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a user-friendly smartphone application for burn self-care.
  • To provide patients with essential knowledge and skills for managing burn conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and expert/patient consultations to define educational content.
  • Development of a Persian-language smartphone application prototype.
  • Usability evaluation using a standard questionnaire and descriptive statistics.

Main Results:

  • The application covers eight key self-care areas: wound care, scar management, hypertrophic scar control, nutrition, pain management, mental health, follow-up, and rehabilitation.
  • Usability testing indicated a good level of user satisfaction.
  • The application was well-received by burn patients during a one-week trial.

Conclusions:

  • The developed smartphone application has the potential to enhance burn patients' knowledge and self-care abilities.
  • Further research is required to validate the application's practical effectiveness and efficiency.