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The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development

e-Health may enhance self-management of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is crucial to involve patients in planning, developing and monitoring the optimal e-Health solution. This research aims to describe patient-centered innovation in an early devel...

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Autores principales: Anglès-Acedo, Sònia, López-Frías, Lorena, Soler, Vicenç, Alonso, Joan Francesc, Kastelein, Arnoud W., de Graaf, Boris C., Vodegel, Eva. V., Tervo, Jaana, Baban, Adriana, Espuña-Pons, Montserrat
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360093
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157800
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author Anglès-Acedo, Sònia
López-Frías, Lorena
Soler, Vicenç
Alonso, Joan Francesc
Kastelein, Arnoud W.
de Graaf, Boris C.
Vodegel, Eva. V.
Tervo, Jaana
Baban, Adriana
Espuña-Pons, Montserrat
author_facet Anglès-Acedo, Sònia
López-Frías, Lorena
Soler, Vicenç
Alonso, Joan Francesc
Kastelein, Arnoud W.
de Graaf, Boris C.
Vodegel, Eva. V.
Tervo, Jaana
Baban, Adriana
Espuña-Pons, Montserrat
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description e-Health may enhance self-management of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is crucial to involve patients in planning, developing and monitoring the optimal e-Health solution. This research aims to describe patient-centered innovation in an early developmental stage of the WOMEN-UP solution. We conducted a qualitative study through a self-developed questionnaire in 22 women with SUI, to define system requirements from a patient’s perspective. The first prototype of the WOMEN-UP solution was developed. It was tested by 9 patients in a usability study (think-aloud protocol and retrospective interviews). Patient preferences regarding the possible use of an e-Health solution with serious games for PFMT were: (1) to receive feedback about PFMT; (2) convenient home-use; (3) increasing motivation; (4) available in medical centers. Identified usability aids (31) reassured our design-development plan, which considered the biofeedback and serious games as key factors. Patient’s perspective detected some unexpected issues related to the calibration and serious games, involving a change in the ongoing development to get an improved WOMEN-UP solution; the value of patient-centered innovation during the development of an e-Health solution for PFMT (WOMEN-UP solution). To identify patients’ unmet needs, we proposed a longitudinal approach for the future eHealth-related patient-centered innovations.
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spelling pubmed-83454792021-08-07 The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development Anglès-Acedo, Sònia López-Frías, Lorena Soler, Vicenç Alonso, Joan Francesc Kastelein, Arnoud W. de Graaf, Boris C. Vodegel, Eva. V. Tervo, Jaana Baban, Adriana Espuña-Pons, Montserrat Int J Environ Res Public Health Article e-Health may enhance self-management of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is crucial to involve patients in planning, developing and monitoring the optimal e-Health solution. This research aims to describe patient-centered innovation in an early developmental stage of the WOMEN-UP solution. We conducted a qualitative study through a self-developed questionnaire in 22 women with SUI, to define system requirements from a patient’s perspective. The first prototype of the WOMEN-UP solution was developed. It was tested by 9 patients in a usability study (think-aloud protocol and retrospective interviews). Patient preferences regarding the possible use of an e-Health solution with serious games for PFMT were: (1) to receive feedback about PFMT; (2) convenient home-use; (3) increasing motivation; (4) available in medical centers. Identified usability aids (31) reassured our design-development plan, which considered the biofeedback and serious games as key factors. Patient’s perspective detected some unexpected issues related to the calibration and serious games, involving a change in the ongoing development to get an improved WOMEN-UP solution; the value of patient-centered innovation during the development of an e-Health solution for PFMT (WOMEN-UP solution). To identify patients’ unmet needs, we proposed a longitudinal approach for the future eHealth-related patient-centered innovations. MDPI 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8345479/ /pubmed/34360093 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157800 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Anglès-Acedo, Sònia
López-Frías, Lorena
Soler, Vicenç
Alonso, Joan Francesc
Kastelein, Arnoud W.
de Graaf, Boris C.
Vodegel, Eva. V.
Tervo, Jaana
Baban, Adriana
Espuña-Pons, Montserrat
The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development
title The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development
title_full The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development
title_fullStr The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development
title_full_unstemmed The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development
title_short The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development
title_sort women-up solution, a patient-centered innovative e-health tool for pelvic floor muscle training: qualitative and usability study during early-stage development
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360093
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157800
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