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Smartphone-based application for self-management of patients with colorectal cancer: development and usability
Hosna Salmani1, Azin Nahvijou2, Abbas Sheikhtaheri3,4
1Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Purpose:
Self-management is considered essential for improving the treatment and management of colorectal cancer patients. This study was conducted to develop and evaluate the usability of a smartphone-based application for the self-management of patients with colorectal cancer.
Methods:
We developed an Android-based application called "Colorectal Cancer Along (ColorectAlong)" for the self-management of colorectal cancer. Seventeen patients, from the Cancer Institute of Iran, evaluated the usability of this application for 2 weeks using a standard questionnaire for user interaction satisfaction (QUIS) version 5.5. The obtained data was analyzed using SPSS software version 26.
Results:
The ColorectAlong application was developed with features covering several areas of colorectal cancer self-management. The areas available for evaluation in the app are patient profile; medication management; nutrition and diet management; pain management; mental health; smoking cessation and alcohol reduction; educational content; and adding reminders, questions, and notes. Our results indicate that the usability of this application is good with an average QUIS score of 8.03 out of 9.
Conclusion:
The ColorectAlong application can improve self-management, assist patients, and facilitate access to required information without the need for internet access.
