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Feasibility Test of Smartphone Application for Activity Daily Living by Chronic Stroke Patients

만성 뇌졸중 환자를 위한 일상생활활동 스마트폰 어플리케이션 사용성 평가

  • Jung, Chae-won (Major in Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate School of Honam University) ;
  • Song, Yo-Han (Major in Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate School of Honam University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Min (Department of Physical Therapy, Honam University)
  • 정채원 (호남대학교 대학원 재활과학과 물리치료전공) ;
  • 송요한 (호남대학교 대학원 재활과학과 물리치료전공) ;
  • 이현민 (호남대학교 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2018.01.21
  • Accepted : 2019.01.28
  • Published : 2019.02.28
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the validity of a smartphone application for post-stroke daily living activity management based on an evaluation by users and experts. METHODS: The study design adhered to the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation ADDIE (Analysis-Design-Development-Implement-Evaluation) model. We downloaded the application onto the smartphones of 33 users and 30 experts, taught them how to use it, and asked them to use the application for four weeks. The users' daily lives before and after using the application were compared based on the K-MBI (Korean Version of Modified Barthel Index) to evaluate the usability of the application. For the expert group, we investigated the content validity and reliability of the application and evaluated the usability of the application. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 software. Users' general characteristics and experts' evaluation scores were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Content validity was tested using the content validity index (CVI), and reliability was tested with Cronbach's alpha. Users' K-MBI scores before and after using the application were compared with the paired sample t-test. RESULTS: Users gave an average rating of 2.93 out of 4 for the application for managing the daily lives of stroke patients, while experts gave an average score of 3.14. With regard to the K-MBI scores, only the dressing score improved significantly (p<.005) after using the application, and scores for other categories slightly improved but not to significant levels. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that the STROKECARE application is usable and could help stroke patients manage their daily lives.

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