Development of Smartphone Application in Preventing Infection for School-age Children
Keywords:
Application, infection control, School-age Children, smartphoneAbstract
Infection in school-age children is a serious problem. If undetected it can affect growth and development. It is important to learn about infection prevention and control. This developmental research study aimed to develop, test the efficiency, and examine satisfaction of a Smartphone application in preventing infection for school-age children. This study was conducted between June 2016 – September 2018 and used random sampling to select 42 students who were studying at a demonstration primary school. The research instruments used for the intervention included the Smartphone application that was developed by the researcher; and instruments for data collection were the infection prevention knowledge tests and satisfaction questionnaire. The instruments were validated by an expert panel and the content validity index for the different sections were .89, .80 and .97. The reliability value of the knowledge tests was .71 and .72. The application development process was based on 7 steps of the System Development Life Cycle and included: 1) problem definition, 2) analysis, 3) design, 4) development, 5) testing, 6) implementation phase, and 7) maintenance. The application was tested on individuals, small groups and by field test. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The results of the study showed that the efficiency of the smartphone application was 80.03/82.29 which was considered an efficient level. User satisfaction of the application with regards to design, content, media instruction and use were at 100% satisfaction.
This smartphone application in preventing infection for school-age children is recommended for use in school-age children to increase their knowledge on preventing infection. For further study, it is suggested to compare the effect of the smartphone application in preventing infection behavior for school-age children.
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