Smartphone app to support goal setting in pediatric rehabilitation: app development, usability and acceptability study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Setting treatment goals is the core of the pediatric rehabilitation process. The participation of the children and their families is foundational to this approach. Goal setting would benefit from being standardized using formal procedures and guidelines. This study aimed to develop a smartphone app to guide rehabilitation professionals through the whole collaborative goal-setting process with children who have physical health related disabilities and their families and to explore its usability and acceptability.

Methods

There were 3 phases of app development. In phase 1, we analyzed the literature to establish key app components. Then, we worked with a development company to build a prototype. In phase 2, 7 rehabilitation professionals evaluated the usability of e

SUBMITTER: Vannier V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12363116 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature