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A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities
PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify and validate the information content and functional capabilities of a smartphone-based application for the self-care of patients with urinary tract stones. METHODS AND MATERIALS: First, by reviewing studies and urology-oriented books, studying 214 medical record...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36376941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-022-01127-z |
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author | Shahmoradi, Leila Azizpour, Amin Bejani, Mahmud Shadpour, Pejman Rezayi, Sorayya Farzi, Jebraeil Amanollahi, Alireza |
author_facet | Shahmoradi, Leila Azizpour, Amin Bejani, Mahmud Shadpour, Pejman Rezayi, Sorayya Farzi, Jebraeil Amanollahi, Alireza |
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description | PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify and validate the information content and functional capabilities of a smartphone-based application for the self-care of patients with urinary tract stones. METHODS AND MATERIALS: First, by reviewing studies and urology-oriented books, studying 214 medical records, and consulting with specialists, the information items and basic capabilities of the application were identified, and in the next stage, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed based on the information obtained from the previous step. Then, experts' opinions were considered to confirm the validity and reliability of the questionnaire; the designed questionnaire was distributed among various participants. Finally, the application's leading information elements, contents, and functional capabilities were explored by analyzing the questionnaire results. RESULTS: To conduct the survey, 101 patients with Urinary Stone Diseases (USD), 32 urologists and nephrologists, 11 nurses, and six other specialists were recruited. After analyzing the results of the filled questionnaire, 21 information elements and nine surveyed capabilities that were more important than others were selected to be used in designing the application. Some of the principal information elements that were used in the application design include: the cause of various stones in the body, clinical manifestations, laboratory results, treatments of various stones, the role of environmental factors in the treatment, the role of nutrition in the treatment and formation of stones, and different diagnostic methods. Some of the important features of the application include: medication and fluid intake reminders, laboratory test reminders, radiography and periodic examination reminders, surgical history, and easy access to medical centers for information. The mean score of information elements was 75.07 from the patients' perspective, 65.09 from the physicians' perspective, and 80.09 from the nurses' perspective. Also, the mean score of application capabilities was 31.89 from the patients' perspective, 30.37 from the physicians' perspective, and 35.09 from the nurses' perspective. The difference in the mean scores of the above variables was statistically significant (p < 0.05) in both layers. CONCLUSION: In this study, informational and functional needs and capabilities were presented for designing a mobile-based application that helps in disease management in patients with urinary tract stones. |
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spelling | pubmed-96646762022-11-15 A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities Shahmoradi, Leila Azizpour, Amin Bejani, Mahmud Shadpour, Pejman Rezayi, Sorayya Farzi, Jebraeil Amanollahi, Alireza BMC Urol Research PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify and validate the information content and functional capabilities of a smartphone-based application for the self-care of patients with urinary tract stones. METHODS AND MATERIALS: First, by reviewing studies and urology-oriented books, studying 214 medical records, and consulting with specialists, the information items and basic capabilities of the application were identified, and in the next stage, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed based on the information obtained from the previous step. Then, experts' opinions were considered to confirm the validity and reliability of the questionnaire; the designed questionnaire was distributed among various participants. Finally, the application's leading information elements, contents, and functional capabilities were explored by analyzing the questionnaire results. RESULTS: To conduct the survey, 101 patients with Urinary Stone Diseases (USD), 32 urologists and nephrologists, 11 nurses, and six other specialists were recruited. After analyzing the results of the filled questionnaire, 21 information elements and nine surveyed capabilities that were more important than others were selected to be used in designing the application. Some of the principal information elements that were used in the application design include: the cause of various stones in the body, clinical manifestations, laboratory results, treatments of various stones, the role of environmental factors in the treatment, the role of nutrition in the treatment and formation of stones, and different diagnostic methods. Some of the important features of the application include: medication and fluid intake reminders, laboratory test reminders, radiography and periodic examination reminders, surgical history, and easy access to medical centers for information. The mean score of information elements was 75.07 from the patients' perspective, 65.09 from the physicians' perspective, and 80.09 from the nurses' perspective. Also, the mean score of application capabilities was 31.89 from the patients' perspective, 30.37 from the physicians' perspective, and 35.09 from the nurses' perspective. The difference in the mean scores of the above variables was statistically significant (p < 0.05) in both layers. CONCLUSION: In this study, informational and functional needs and capabilities were presented for designing a mobile-based application that helps in disease management in patients with urinary tract stones. BioMed Central 2022-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9664676/ /pubmed/36376941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-022-01127-z Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Shahmoradi, Leila Azizpour, Amin Bejani, Mahmud Shadpour, Pejman Rezayi, Sorayya Farzi, Jebraeil Amanollahi, Alireza A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
title | A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
title_full | A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
title_fullStr | A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
title_full_unstemmed | A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
title_short | A smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
title_sort | smartphone-based self-care application for patients with urinary tract stones: identification of information content and functional capabilities |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36376941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-022-01127-z |
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