Designing an Informative App for Neurorehabilitation: A Feasibility and Satisfaction Study by Physiotherapists
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Systematic Review for the Creation of the App
2.2. App Design: NeurorehAPP
2.3. Acceptance and Satisfaction Degree Assessment
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Systematic Review for the Creation of the App
3.2. App Design: NeurorehAPP
3.3. Assessment of the Degree of Acceptance and Satisfaction
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
WHO | World Health Organization |
DALY | Total disability-adjusted life years |
ICT | Information and communications technologies |
PwC | PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
CSQ-8 | Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire |
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Section A: Satisfaction with the Service Received. | |||||||
Ratings | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
A1. How do you assess the quality of the app? | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |||
A2. Did you get the kind of service you wanted? | Definitely not | No, not much | Yes, generally | Definitely yes | |||
A3. To what extent has this app covered your needs? | None | Only a few | Most of them | Almost all | |||
A4. If a friend needs a similar app, would you recommend it? | Definitely not | No, not much | Yes, generally | Definitely yes | |||
A5. Has the information provided by the app helped manage your/the problem/disease more effectively? | No, my problem worsened | No, they have not really helped me | Yes, they have helped me more or less | Yes, they have helped me a lot | |||
A6. If you were looking for an app in neurorehabilitation, would you use this app? | Definitely not | Probably not | Probably yes | Definitely yes | |||
Section B: Degree of Satisfaction with NeurorehAPP | |||||||
Now, answer the following questions. Please rate from 1 to 5 the following attributes of the app. | |||||||
Attributes of the App | Score | ||||||
B1. Accessibility | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B2. Ease of use | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B3. Graphic design | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B4. Privacy and security | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B5. Free app | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B6. Size and download time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B7. Clarity of the information provided | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B8. Diseases included | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B9. Category of the apps included (healthy habits, informative, assessment, evaluation and specific) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B10. Scientific evidence information of the apps included | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B11. Technical information of the apps included in summary tables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B12. Information about the evaluation of the apps included | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B13. Fulfillment of initial expectations | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
B14. Level of satisfaction with the app | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Questions | N | Range | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Standard Deviation | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1. How do you assess the quality of the app? | 121 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3.44 | 0.498 | 86% |
A2. Did you get the kind of service you wanted? | 121 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.25 | 0.537 | 81.25% |
A3. To what extent has this app covered your needs? | 121 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.07 | 0.655 | 76.75% |
A4. If a friend needs a similar app, would you recommend it? | 121 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.61 | 0.506 | 90.25% |
A5. Has the information provided by the app helped manage your/the problem/disease more effectively? | 121 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.44 | 0.576 | 86% |
A6. If you were looking for an app in neurorehabilitation, would you use this app? | 121 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.69 | 0.484 | 92.25% |
B1. Accessibility | 121 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4.31 | 0.973 | 86.2% |
B2. Ease of use | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.54 | 0.578 | 90.8% |
B3. Graphic design | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.35 | 0.629 | 87% |
B4. Privacy and security | 121 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4.33 | 0.757 | 86.6% |
B5. Free app | 121 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4.10 | 0.970 | 82% |
B6. Size and download time | 121 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4.42 | 0.793 | 88.4% |
B7. Clarity of the information provided | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.45 | 0.632 | 89% |
B8. Diseases included | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3.85 | 0.901 | 77% |
B9. Category of the apps included (healthy habits, informative, assessment, evaluation and specific) | 121 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4.45 | 0.605 | 89% |
B10. Scientific evidence information of the apps included | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.31 | 0.707 | 86.2% |
B11. Technical information of the apps included in summary tables | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.28 | 0.755 | 85.6% |
B12. Information about the evaluation of the apps included | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.41 | 0.691 | 88.2% |
B13. Fulfillment of initial expectations | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.28 | 0.755 | 85.6% |
B14. Level of satisfaction with the app | 121 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.41 | 0.715 | 88.2% |
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Sánchez-Rodríguez, M.T.; Pinzón-Bernal, M.Y.; Jiménez-Antona, C.; Laguarta-Val, S.; Sánchez-Herrera-Baeza, P.; Fernández-González, P.; Cano-de-la-Cuerda, R. Designing an Informative App for Neurorehabilitation: A Feasibility and Satisfaction Study by Physiotherapists. Healthcare 2023, 11, 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182549
Sánchez-Rodríguez MT, Pinzón-Bernal MY, Jiménez-Antona C, Laguarta-Val S, Sánchez-Herrera-Baeza P, Fernández-González P, Cano-de-la-Cuerda R. Designing an Informative App for Neurorehabilitation: A Feasibility and Satisfaction Study by Physiotherapists. Healthcare. 2023; 11(18):2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182549
Chicago/Turabian StyleSánchez-Rodríguez, María Teresa, Mónica Yamile Pinzón-Bernal, Carmen Jiménez-Antona, Sofía Laguarta-Val, Patricia Sánchez-Herrera-Baeza, Pilar Fernández-González, and Roberto Cano-de-la-Cuerda. 2023. "Designing an Informative App for Neurorehabilitation: A Feasibility and Satisfaction Study by Physiotherapists" Healthcare 11, no. 18: 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182549