Development of Smartphone Application in Preventing Infection for Caregivers of Children with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy
Keywords:
Development, Prevention of Infections, Application, Smartphone, Children with CancerAbstract
Infection in children with cancer is an important public health problem which affects the patient and their caregivers. The guidelines for the prevention of infection is significant. This developmental research study aimed to develop a smartphone application for the caregivers of children with cancer receiving chemotherapy in the prevention of infection. The samples included 37 caregivers of children with cancer receiving chemotherapy admitted to two tertiary hospitals from July to August 2017. Steps for the development including 1) problem definition 2) analysis 3) design4) development 5) testing6) implementation and 7) maintenance.
The research instruments included a smartphone application and a questionnaire asking opinions towards the application. These instruments were validated by an expert panel and the content validity index was .86. The reliability was .84. The application was tested by one to one testing, small group testing, and field testing. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results showed that the contents for the application on infection prevention consisted of nutritional care, personal hygiene, activities and leisure, environmental care and home care regarding nutrition, personal hygiene at home, activities and leisure at home, environmental care, and abnormal signs and symptoms to take children to the hospital. Most of the participants agreed on the infection prevention content, color, picture, sound, text, and communication among the samples and the developer at a high level to the highest level. The majority of the participants (96.7%) agreed that the content was useful and can be used in daily life and the images are consistent with the content at the highest level. Regarding the technical issues, the majority of them (83.3%) agreed that the application was easy to use with a clear explanation at the highest level. Also, most of them (76.7%) agreed that the content was easy to understand at the highest level.
The results of the study show that the smartphone application in preventing infection for caregivers of children with cancer receiving chemotherapy can be used by the caregiver in the prevention of infection.
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