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The WOMEN-UP Solution, a Patient-Centered Innovative e-Health Tool for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Qualitative and Usability Study during Early-Stage Development

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      MDPI AG
    • الموضوع:
      2021
    • Collection:
      Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      e-Health may enhance self-management of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is crucial to involve patients in planning, developing and monitoring the optimal e-Health solution. This research aims to describe patient-centered innovation in an early developmental stage of the WOMEN-UP solution. We conducted a qualitative study through a self-developed questionnaire in 22 women with SUI, to define system requirements from a patient’s perspective. The first prototype of the WOMEN-UP solution was developed. It was tested by 9 patients in a usability study (think-aloud protocol and retrospective interviews). Patient preferences regarding the possible use of an e-Health solution with serious games for PFMT were: (1) to receive feedback about PFMT; (2) convenient home-use; (3) increasing motivation; (4) available in medical centers. Identified usability aids (31) reassured our design-development plan, which considered the biofeedback and serious games as key factors. Patient’s perspective detected some unexpected issues related to the calibration and serious games, involving a change in the ongoing development to get an improved WOMEN-UP solution; the value of patient-centered innovation during the development of an e-Health solution for PFMT (WOMEN-UP solution). To identify patients’ unmet needs, we proposed a longitudinal approach for the future eHealth-related patient-centered innovations.
    • ISSN:
      1660-4601
      1661-7827
    • Relation:
      https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/7800; https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827; https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601; https://doaj.org/article/33f8fd1e02934d61b090278a1312b2e1
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.3390/ijerph18157800
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.839C3C4C