Developing an mHealth app for post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation: Feedback from US and Ethiopian rehabilitation clinicians
2019; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/1460458219868356
ISSN1741-2811
AutoresCharmayne Hughes, Alejandra Padilla, Amy Hintze, Tatiana Mariscal Raymundo, Michael Sera, Sven Weidner, Jonathan Ontiveros, Tony Peng, Aaron Encarcion, Zeus A Cruz, Sam Warner, Kedir Sany, Moges Baye,
Tópico(s)Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
ResumoStroke is the leading cause of adult disability worldwide, with 70 percent of survivors exhibiting residual impairments of the upper limb that require frequent in-person visits to rehabilitation clinic over several months. This study explored rehabilitation clinician’s preferences for design features to be included in an mHealth-enabled app for post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation. Data were collected via online survey, sampling participants from Ethiopia ( n = 69) and the United States ( n = 75). Survey results indicated that Ethiopian and US rehabilitation clinicians have different opinions about the importance of design features that should be included in a stroke tele-rehabilitation system which are likely due to differences in culture, the availability of human and physical resources, and how the field of rehabilitation is organized and managed. Our results, thus, indicate that mHealth technologies must be tailored to the geographical and cultural context of the end users.
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