Using a Web-Based App to Deliver Rehabilitation Strategies to Persons With Chronic Conditions: Development and Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global rise in the incidence of chronic conditions and aging is associated with increased disability. Physiotherapists and occupational therapists can mitigate the resulting burden on the health care system with their expertise in optimizing function. Rehabilitation self-management strategies can assist people with chronic conditions to accept, adjust, and manage different aspects of their daily functioning. Interventions delivered using technology have the potential to increase the accessibility, availability, and affordability of rehabilitation self-management support and services.

Objective

This study aims to describe the development and usability evaluation of iamable, a web-based app created to provide rehabilitation self-management support for people wit

SUBMITTER: Richardson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294797 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature