Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results

Mobile health systems in the current digital era can be an opportunity for the development of health services, especially epilepsy, which is expected to help therapy management in monitoring drug therapy. Mobile health-based interventions have now begun to be developed for chronic disease management...

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Main Authors: Iin Ernawati, Nanang Munif Yasin, Ismail Setyopranoto, Zullies Ikawati
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Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588914124000182
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Nanang Munif Yasin
Ismail Setyopranoto
Zullies Ikawati
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description Mobile health systems in the current digital era can be an opportunity for the development of health services, especially epilepsy, which is expected to help therapy management in monitoring drug therapy. Mobile health-based interventions have now begun to be developed for chronic disease management in managing stress, monitoring drug side effects, adherence to drug use, and seizures in epilepsy patients. To create the mobile health system, it is necessary to explore information not only from the literature but also from experts and patients. Therefore, this study aimed to examine what features/elements are needed in the mobile health system application. This study used a qualitative methodology with focus group discussion (FGD). The discussion process was recorded and transcribed verbatim, and the data was analyzed using thematic analysis with a descriptive interpretation approach. In addition, content validity by experts was also carried out from features or domains found in the literature and during FGD. The results of the FGD showed that the features needed for application development include patient profiles, drug reminders, information about diseases and drugs, medication records, side effects/adverse events records, records of frequency and triggers of seizures, application appearance, and ease of use. Based on the validity content by experts, all domains and features obtained (Items Content Validation Index) I-CVI values > 0.79 and were acceptable. In conclusion, this data can be used to develop the design and features of mobile health system applications for epilepsy patients.
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spelling doaj-art-c7ee5c5dd22d4604b7286b2ed016fd582025-08-20T02:55:12ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Clinical eHealth2588-91412024-12-01719019910.1016/j.ceh.2024.12.005Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study resultsIin Ernawati0Nanang Munif Yasin1Ismail Setyopranoto2Zullies Ikawati3Doctoral Program in Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Akademi Farmasi Surabaya, Surabaya, IndonesiaDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, IndonesiaDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Corresponding author.Mobile health systems in the current digital era can be an opportunity for the development of health services, especially epilepsy, which is expected to help therapy management in monitoring drug therapy. Mobile health-based interventions have now begun to be developed for chronic disease management in managing stress, monitoring drug side effects, adherence to drug use, and seizures in epilepsy patients. To create the mobile health system, it is necessary to explore information not only from the literature but also from experts and patients. Therefore, this study aimed to examine what features/elements are needed in the mobile health system application. This study used a qualitative methodology with focus group discussion (FGD). The discussion process was recorded and transcribed verbatim, and the data was analyzed using thematic analysis with a descriptive interpretation approach. In addition, content validity by experts was also carried out from features or domains found in the literature and during FGD. The results of the FGD showed that the features needed for application development include patient profiles, drug reminders, information about diseases and drugs, medication records, side effects/adverse events records, records of frequency and triggers of seizures, application appearance, and ease of use. Based on the validity content by experts, all domains and features obtained (Items Content Validation Index) I-CVI values > 0.79 and were acceptable. In conclusion, this data can be used to develop the design and features of mobile health system applications for epilepsy patients.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588914124000182AppsSeizureEpilepticFocus group discussionContent validity
spellingShingle Iin Ernawati
Nanang Munif Yasin
Ismail Setyopranoto
Zullies Ikawati
Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results
Clinical eHealth
Apps
Seizure
Epileptic
Focus group discussion
Content validity
title Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results
title_full Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results
title_fullStr Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results
title_full_unstemmed Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results
title_short Development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self-management: Focus group discussion and validity of study results
title_sort development of a mobile health application for epilepsy self management focus group discussion and validity of study results
topic Apps
Seizure
Epileptic
Focus group discussion
Content validity
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