Yangfeng Wu , Shuyu Han , Sikai Shan , Xin Xie , Dongmei Li , Lili Zhang , Zhiwen Wang
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A video production team was formed to create peer training videos on health management for PLWH. We integrated relevant tools to provide PLWH with various types of support, including informational, instrumental, emotional, affiliational, and appraisal assistance. From March to May 2024, the research team used convenience sampling to select 130 platform users. It administered an electronic questionnaire based on the System Usability Scale to evaluate the platform’s overall usability.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The platform incorporates multiple functional modules, including “Precision Matching,” “Drug Interaction Query,” “Medication Reminder,” “Health Management,” “Mood Diary,” “Community Discussion,” and “Activity Center,” achieving comprehensive coverage across informational, emotional, instrumental, social, and appraisal support. The precision matching module facilitates intelligent pairing between patients and peer volunteers; the health management module allows for the entry of test results and trend analysis; medication reminders and check-in features enhance medication adherence; the mood diary supports emotional recording and expressive writing; while the community module offers functions such as topic discussions, appointment scheduling, and organization of offline activities. Among the 130 valid questionnaires, more than 83 % of users scored above 68 on the System Usability Scale, indicating that the platform demonstrates favourable usability.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The “Aspark” platform offers a feasible and promising digital solution for precision matching in HIV peer support and health management, enabling healthcare providers to deliver personalized and continuous health support to patients through its functions. 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Development of a peer support and precision matching mobile platform for health management for people living with HIV
Objectives
This study aimed to describe the development process of the peer precision-matching and health management mobile platform “Aspark” for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWH) and to evaluate its usability.
Methods
The study assembled a multidisciplinary research and development team comprising researchers, software engineers, art designers, clinical nursing specialists, HIV peer volunteers, and psychological counselors. The team employed an agile development model to iteratively build the platform. Using the social determinants of health framework and the interpersonal circumplex, we identified 14 matching variables for the mobile platform. A video production team was formed to create peer training videos on health management for PLWH. We integrated relevant tools to provide PLWH with various types of support, including informational, instrumental, emotional, affiliational, and appraisal assistance. From March to May 2024, the research team used convenience sampling to select 130 platform users. It administered an electronic questionnaire based on the System Usability Scale to evaluate the platform’s overall usability.
Results
The platform incorporates multiple functional modules, including “Precision Matching,” “Drug Interaction Query,” “Medication Reminder,” “Health Management,” “Mood Diary,” “Community Discussion,” and “Activity Center,” achieving comprehensive coverage across informational, emotional, instrumental, social, and appraisal support. The precision matching module facilitates intelligent pairing between patients and peer volunteers; the health management module allows for the entry of test results and trend analysis; medication reminders and check-in features enhance medication adherence; the mood diary supports emotional recording and expressive writing; while the community module offers functions such as topic discussions, appointment scheduling, and organization of offline activities. Among the 130 valid questionnaires, more than 83 % of users scored above 68 on the System Usability Scale, indicating that the platform demonstrates favourable usability.
Conclusions
The “Aspark” platform offers a feasible and promising digital solution for precision matching in HIV peer support and health management, enabling healthcare providers to deliver personalized and continuous health support to patients through its functions. Well-designed clinical trials should be conducted in the future to evaluate the effectiveness of this tool.
期刊介绍:
This journal aims to promote excellence in nursing and health care through the dissemination of the latest, evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, providing an international platform for exchanging knowledge, research findings and nursing practice experience. This journal covers a wide range of nursing topics such as advanced nursing practice, bio-psychosocial issues related to health, cultural perspectives, lifestyle change as a component of health promotion, chronic disease, including end-of-life care, family care giving. IJNSS publishes four issues per year in Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct. IJNSS intended readership includes practicing nurses in all spheres and at all levels who are committed to advancing practice and professional development on the basis of new knowledge and evidence; managers and senior members of the nursing; nurse educators and nursing students etc. IJNSS seeks to enrich insight into clinical need and the implications for nursing intervention and models of service delivery. Contributions are welcomed from other health professions on issues that have a direct impact on nursing practice.