Development and real-life use assessment of a self-management smartphone application for patients with inflammatory arthritis. A user-centred step-by-step approach

BACKGROUND: Mobile health applications (apps) are increasing in interest to enhance patient self-management. Few apps are actually used by patients and have been developed for patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs which use entails risk of adverse effects such as infections.

OBJECTIVE: To develop Hiboot, a self-management mobile app for patients with IA, by using a user-centred step-by-step approach and assess its real-life use.

METHODS: The app development included first a qualitative study with semi-guided audiotaped interviews of 21 patients to identify the impact of IA on daily life and patient treatments practices and an online cross-sectional survey of 344 patients to assess their health apps use in general and potential user needs. A multidisciplinary team developed the first version of the app via five face-to-face meetings. After app launch, a second qualitative study of 21 patients and a users' test of 13 patients and 3 rheumatologists led to the app's current version. The number of app installations, current users and comments were collected from the Google Play store and the Apple store.

RESULTS: The qualitative study revealed needs for counselling, patient-health professional partnership, and skills to cope with risk situations; 86.8% participants would be ready to use an app primarily on their rheumatologist's recommendation. Six functionalities were implemented: a safety checklist before treatment administration, aids in daily life situations based on the French academic recommendations, treatment reminders, global well-being self-assessment, periodic counselling messages, and a diary. The Hiboot app was installed 20,500 times from September 2017 to October 2020, with 4300 regular current users. Scores were 4.4/5 stars at Android and iOS stores.

CONCLUSION: Hiboot is a free self-management app for patients with IA developed by a step-by-step process including patients and health professionals. Further evaluation of the Hiboot benefit is needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 17(2022), 9 vom: 06., Seite e0272235

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beauvais, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Pham, Thao [VerfasserIn]
Montagu, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Gleizes, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Madrisotti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Lafourcade, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Vidal, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Dervin, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Baudard, Pauline [VerfasserIn]
Desouches, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Tubach, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Le Calvez, Julian [VerfasserIn]
de Quatrebarbes, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Lafarge, Delphine [VerfasserIn]
Grange, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Alliot-Launois, Françoise [VerfasserIn]
Jeantet, Henri [VerfasserIn]
Antignac, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Tropé, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Besset, Ludovic [VerfasserIn]
Sellam, Jérémie [VerfasserIn]
Therapeutic patient education group of the French Society of Rheumatology and Club Rhumatismes et Inflammations [VerfasserIn]

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Antirheumatic Agents
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.09.2022

Date Revised 21.09.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0272235

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346247381