Development of a comprehensive mobile assessment of pressure (CMAP) system for pressure injury prevention for veterans with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This paper reports the iterative redesign, feasibility and usability of the Comprehensive Mobile Assessment of Pressure (CMAP) system's mobile app used by Veterans with SCI.Design: This three-year, multi-staged study used a mixed-methods approach.Setting: Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota.Participants: Veterans with spinal cord injury (N = 18).Interventions: Veterans with spinal cord injury engaged in iterative focus groups and personal interviews, sharing their needs and desires for the CMAP app redesign. App developers used these data for the redesign. The redesigned CMAP app was tested for six-weeks in users' homes.Outcome Measures: Quantitative (surveys) and qualitative (interviews) methods measured feasibility for self-management of seating pressure.

SUBMITTER: Olney CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830274 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature