RT journal article
T1 Self-management in heart failure using mHealth: A content validation.
A1 Fernández Gutiérrez, Martina
A1 Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar
A1 Marín Paz, Antonio Jesús
A1 Castro Yuste, Cristina María
A1 Sánchez Sánchez, Eduardo
A1 Hernández-Encuentra, Eulàlia
A1 Viñolo Gil, María Jesús
A1 Carmona Barrientos, Inés María
A1 Poza Méndez, Miriam
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 App
K1 Content validity
K1 mHealth
K1 Mobile application
K1 Heart failure
K1 Multimorbidity
AB AIM: To describe the development of a mobile health application -mICardiApp- designed by a multidisciplinary professional team and patients with heart failure and to evaluate its content validity.METHODS: Critical reviews of the literature, semi-structured interviews with patients, and user stories guided the development of the content of the mobile application. These contents were refined and validated through a modified Delphi process. An expert panel of healthcare and social care professionals together with patients and academics evaluated the content through two content validity indicators, relevance, and adequacy, and provided narrative feedback. The content validity of the app and each screen was determined by calculating the Content Validity Index (CVI). Similarly, the Adequacy Index (AI) was analyzed.RESULTS: The developed app is composed by 8 topics: (1) available resources, (2) cardiac rehabilitation, (3) control of signs and symptoms, (4) emotional support, (5) learning and having fun, (6) medication, (7) nutrition, and (8) physical activity. The results demonstrated high CVI of the screens and the full app. 57 of the 59 screens in the app reached an excellent CVI≥0.70 for both relevance and adequacy, except for 2 screens. The CVI Average Method of the app was 0.851.CONCLUSIONS: mICardiApp is presented as an application to improve health literacy and self-management of patients with multimorbidity and heart failure, with proven validation.
PB ELSEVIER
SN 1872-8243
YR 2023
FD 2023-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27938
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27938
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026