AI Article Synopsis
- The paper evaluates a mobile app designed to assist patients after shoulder surgery, focusing on its usability and effectiveness.
- A high percentage of users (97%) found the app easy to download and its exercises understandable, with many feeling more engaged in their treatment.
- Overall, the app serves as a helpful tool for patients to follow their postoperative exercises at home effectively.
Article Abstract
The present paper aims to evaluate the quality of a mobile phone application (app) designed to guide patients after shoulder surgical procedures. A free and easily accessible app was developed to help patients at home. Patients were monitored for app use and adaptation before physical therapy started. At the end of 6 weeks, a qualitative questionnaire was employed to determine the usability of the app. In total, 97% of the respondents reported that the app was easy to download, the exercises were readily understood, and they would recommend the app. Ninety-three percent of the participants agreed that the app made them feel a greater degree of participation in the treatment of their illness, while 90% considered the app self-explanatory. The virtual platform helps the patients to understand the treatment, aiding the medical prescription of postoperative exercises to be performed at home.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075644 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1708517 | DOI Listing |
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