A novel smartphone application for bladder cancer management (BCM App): Design, development, and usability evaluation.

IF 1.4 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Journal of Education and Health Promotion Pub Date : 2024-10-28 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.4103/jehp.jehp_796_23
Atefeh Khosrobeigi, Mehrdad M Sichani, Fatemeh Rangraz-Jeddi, D Davoud Gharakhani, Elham Mousavinasab, Shima Anvari, Hosein Akbari, Farhad Fatehi, Ehsan Nabovati
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Abstract

Background: Providing clinical guidelines to clinicians using innovative technologies seems practical and useful. This study aimed to design, develop, and evaluate a smartphone application to assist urologists in managing bladder cancer (BCM App).

Materials and methods: The study was conducted in three phases, following the user-centered design model, at the urology clinic of Khorshid Hospital (Isfahan, Iran) in 2021. Components and functionalities for BCM App were specified in three focus group sessions with urologists and urology residents using clinical guidelines. Adopting the Delphi technique, the participants completed a questionnaire addressing issues including educating and informing clinicians, performing clinical calculations, representing graphical information, and recording patient information. A conceptual model for the app was designed, and the final product was developed. The usability of the BCM App was evaluated using the think-aloud technique by usability experts and end-users.

Results: The app's components were categorized into three groups: Patient evaluation, disease staging and management, and patient follow-up. The app's main components included "bladder cancer classification," "disease grading and staging," "management based on the disease stages," "principles of intravesical treatment," and "classifying follow-ups by disease stages." Moreover, the most prominent app's functionalities were "using staging and grading table," "using American Urological Association risk stratification," "calculating disease stages," "calculating patient's follow-up," and "recording patient information." The usability evaluation results revealed that the BCM App was at a "highly acceptable" level.

Conclusion: To design and develop a smartphone app for managing bladder cancer, the involvement of urologists is crucial. Apart from assisting urologists in effectively managing bladder cancer, the proposed app has the potential to enhance residents' knowledge and streamline their access to evidence.

用于膀胱癌管理的新型智能手机应用程序(BCM App):设计、开发和可用性评估
背景:为临床医生提供使用创新技术的临床指南似乎是实际和有用的。本研究旨在设计、开发和评估一款智能手机应用程序,以帮助泌尿科医生管理膀胱癌(BCM App)。材料和方法:该研究分三个阶段进行,遵循以用户为中心的设计模型,于2021年在Khorshid医院(伊斯法罕,伊朗)泌尿外科诊所进行。BCM App的组件和功能在泌尿科医生和泌尿科住院医师的三次焦点小组会议中使用临床指南进行了详细说明。采用德尔菲法,参与者完成了一份问卷,解决了包括教育和告知临床医生、进行临床计算、表示图形信息和记录患者信息等问题。设计了应用程序的概念模型,并开发了最终产品。BCM应用程序的可用性由可用性专家和最终用户使用有声思考技术进行评估。结果:该应用程序的组件分为三组:患者评估、疾病分期和管理以及患者随访。该应用程序的主要组件包括“膀胱癌分类”、“疾病分级和分期”、“基于疾病分期的管理”、“膀胱内治疗原则”和“按疾病分期分类随访”。此外,应用程序最突出的功能是“使用分期和分级表”、“使用美国泌尿协会风险分层”、“计算疾病分期”、“计算患者随访”和“记录患者信息”。可用性评估结果显示,BCM应用程序处于“高度可接受”的水平。结论:设计和开发一款管理膀胱癌的智能手机应用程序,泌尿科医生的参与至关重要。除了帮助泌尿科医生有效地管理膀胱癌之外,这款拟议中的应用程序还有可能提高居民的知识水平,并简化他们获取证据的途径。
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