1. A Mobile Health Application to Enhance Self-Management Skills of Patients with Shoulder ing Rehabilitation Impingement Syndrome Dur.
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Hacke, Sara, Krämer, Paul, and Steiner, Bianca
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MOBILE apps ,SELF-management (Psychology) ,SHOULDER injuries ,RESEARCH methodology ,SHOULDER disorders ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,INTERVIEWING ,QUALITATIVE research ,DIARY (Literary form) ,PATIENT education - Abstract
Especially in chronic diseases, such as shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS), good self-management is important for patients to take personal responsibility for their treatment and make informed decisions in rehabilitation processes. Mobile apps integrating game design elements have great potential to increase patients' self-management skills. A total of 21 functionalities for a self-management app were derived from semi-structured interviews with six patients and three therapists. Thereby, 'welcome messages', a 'personalized home-screen', and 'training plans' are rated as particular useful. Ten of these functionalities could be implemented in a first prototype of 'SISco: your shoulder impingement syndrome companion'. SISco provides possibilities for creating and executing training programs, learning about SIS, checking daily challenges, and making diary entries. Thereby, SISco motivates patients via progress bars, collecting XP, unlocking content and 'Dr. SISco' the virtual therapist. Future work includes the implementation of further functionalities and the evaluation of SISco for usability and user acceptance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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