Title:	A mobile app (AMOR Mama) for women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy : functionality and usability study
Authors:	Cruz, Flávia Oliveira de Almeida Marques da Faria, Edison Tostes Ghobad, Pabblo Cardelino Alves, Leandro Yukio Mano Reis, Paula Elaine Diniz dos
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-5972 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0149-5853 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6392-3836 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-0133 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9782-3366
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	University of Brasilia, School of Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Research Applied to Clinical Practice in Oncology University of Brasilia, Faculty of Medicine Federal Senate of Brazil State University of Rio de Janeiro University of Brasilia, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences
Assunto::	Aplicativos Educação da saúde Cuidados de enfermagem Enfermagem oncológica Tecnologia educacional Mama - câncer Radioterapia
Issue Date:	Oct-2021
Publisher:	JMIR Publications
Citation:	cruz, Flávia Oliveira de Almeida Marques da et al. A mobile app (AMOR Mama) for women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy: functionality and usability study. Journal Medical Internet Research, [S. l.], v. 23, n. 10, e24865. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2196/24865. Disponível em: https://www.jmir.org/2021/10/e24865. Acesso em: 12 abr. 2024.
Abstract:	Background: Mobile apps targeting women with breast cancer can facilitate access to information, improve well-being, and record reports of treatment-related symptoms. However, it is important to confirm the benefits of these apps before they are used as a tool in clinical care. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the functionality and the usability of a mobile app created to guide and monitor patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Methods: The evaluation process of the mobile app was performed in 2 steps with 8 professionals, including nurses, physician, medical physicists, and communication networks engineer. The first step was the focus group, which allowed obtaining suggestions proposed by the participants regarding the improvement of the mobile app. The second step was the individual filling in of an evaluation tool to obtain objective measures about the mobile app. A minimum concordance index of 80% was considered to ensure the adequacy of the material. Results: After the mobile app was evaluated by 8 professionals, only 1 item of the evaluation tool, that is, concerning the potentiality of the app to be used by users of different educational levels, obtained a concordance index <80%. Conclusions: The mobile app titled “AMOR Mama” was considered suitable, which suggests its contribution to an educational health technology to guide and monitor patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy. More studies with this target population should be carried out to assess the performance and quality of the mobile app during its use.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Medicina (FM) Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde (FS) Departamento de Enfermagem (FS ENF)
Licença::	©Flávia Oliveira de Almeida Marques da Cruz, Edison Tostes Faria, Pabblo Cardelino Ghobad, Leandro Yukio Mano Alves, Paula Elaine Diniz dos Reis. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 13.10.2021. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.2196/24865
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