一个移动健康应用程序的可用性测试,以支持活跃结核病患者:一项混合方法研究
Alexander John Stabile1, Sarah Iribarren1, Jennifer Sonney2
1Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Informatics for health & social care
|March 26, 2024
概括
数字坚持技术可以改善结核病 (TB) 治疗. 一个移动应用程序,结核病治疗支持工具 (TB-TST),显示出高可用性,并进行代改进,以增强以患者为中心的护理.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 移动健康 移动健康 移动健康 移动健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 对结核病 (TB) 治疗的不良坚持有助于疾病传播,不良结果和耐药性.
- 数字坚持技术提供了以患者为中心的方法,以改善结核病治疗结果.
- 评估和完善移动健康 (mHealth) 应用程序对于有效实施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估结核病治疗支持工具 (TB-TST) 移动应用程序的可用性.
- 通过代改进探索改善TB-TST应用程序可用性的方法.
- 评估混合方法设计在完善mHealth工具对结核病治疗坚持的有效性.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种代的融合混合方法设计.
- 在三个测试周期中进行了两个定量调查 (MAUQ,Health-ITUES) 和定性思考大声采访.
- 数据被主题分析,并用于代的应用程序改进.
主要成果:
- 参与者认为TB-TST应用程序具有很高的可用性.
- 基于参与者反的代改进在定性访谈中得到了积极的接受.
- 尽管进行了改进,但在测试周期之间没有观察到量化可用性得分的统计学上显著改善.
结论:
- 一个代的融合混合方法设计是有效的完善mHealth应用程序,如TB-TST.
- 参与者的反对于识别和解决应用程序设计改进的关键领域至关重要.
- 虽然可用性很高,但为了优化结核病治疗支持工具,需要不断改进.
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