Development of a novel mobile application to detect urine protein for nephrotic syndrome disease monitoring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home monitoring of urine protein is a critical component of disease management in childhood nephrotic syndrome. We describe the development of a novel mobile application, UrApp - Nephrotic Syndrome Manager, to aid disease monitoring.

Methods

UrApp was iteratively developed by a panel of two pediatric nephrologists and three research engineers from May 2017 to October 2018 for Apple iPhones. App features were devised by this expert panel to support urine monitoring and other home care tasks. Each feature and user-app interface element was systematically reviewed by the panel and iteratively redesigned to remove anticipated use issues. The app prototype was then refined based on two rounds of usability testing and semi-structured user interviews with a total of 20 c

SUBMITTER: Wang CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543567 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature