Assessment of the usability of a mobile application for self-care for patients with diabetes

• Autor(a) principal: Sobral, Débora Almeida Silveira
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Adicinéia Aparecida de, Andrade, Joseilze Santos de, Santos, Jonathan Kelvin de Jesus
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/26014
• topic: Diabetes Mellitus; Digital inclusion; Self-care.; Diabetes Mellitus; Inclusión digital; Autocuidado.; Diabetes Mellitus; Inclusão Digital; Autocuidado.

This study aimed to evaluate the usability of a mobile application for self-care for patients with diabetes. This is a methodological research, carried out in three public diabetes clinics in the state of Sergipe. Data collection took place between July and September 2021. 77 patients with diabetes, aged between 18 and 83 years, were included. Of these, 2.6% said they had total visual impairment. After learning about and testing the DiaVision application, the participants answered a form on the usability assessment. Absolute and relative frequencies of categorical variables and mode and interquartile range of continuous variables were described. The Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to assess the hypothesis of equality of mode. Among respondents, 90.1% said they would like to have the app; 62.3% rated maximum satisfaction with the app and 53.2% responded that they would use the app always. The main suggestion for improvement was regarding accessibility (35.1%), although 45.5% stated that there was no need for improvement. The majority stated that DiaVision contributed with their knowledge about diabetes and the best functionality was the recording of blood glucose values. Age and degree of visual impairment interfered in the ease of use of the app, as well as in the app's recommendation rate. It is concluded that the application showed a high approval rate, including high rates of frequency of daily use and recommendation rates by users.