一个移动应用程序来协助阿尔茨海默病护理人员在COVID-19大流行期间:开发和评估
Parastoo Amiri1, Maryam Gholipour1, Sadrieh Hajesmaeel-Gohari2
1Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Journal of caring sciences
|July 20, 2023
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,开发了一款新的移动应用程序,以支持阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 护理人员. 该应用程序以用户输入为设计,有效地帮助护理人员管理AD和COVID-19相关任务.
科学领域:
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 患者获得医疗保健的机会受到重大干扰.
- 移动应用程序为患者及其护理人员提供了一个潜在的解决方案,以弥合医疗保健的差距.
- 护理人员的支持对于管理AD至关重要,特别是在公共卫生危机期间.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间开发一款定制的移动应用程序,以协助阿尔茨海默病患者的护理人员.
- 评估开发的移动应用程序的可用性和用户满意度.
主要方法:
- 通过与护理人员和神经病学家的采访来识别特征,随后进行专家验证.
- 应用程序设计基于确定用户需求和专家投入.
- 使用移动应用评分表 (MARS) 和用户界面满意度问卷 (QUIS) 进行质量和用户满意度评估.
主要成果:
- 设计了一款全面的应用程序,包含41个数据元素,涵盖患者个人资料,COVID-19管理,AD管理和程序功能.
- 使用MARS进行的质量评估表明应用的质量很好.
- 使用QUIS的用户满意度评估显示了用户的积极反.
结论:
- 这项研究介绍了第一个专门为COVID-19大流行期间的阿尔茨海默病护理人员设计的移动应用程序.
- 该应用程序的设计基于用户需求,包括AD和COVID-19信息,提高了护理人员的效率.
- 开发的移动应用程序作为一个有价值的工具,支持护理人员在挑战性的健康危机期间管理阿尔茨海默病.
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