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Chinese Nursing Management ›› 2019, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (6): 876-880.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-1756.2019.06.015

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Investigating parents experience and needs of healthcare mobile phone application in neurosurgery department of the children's hospital

ZHANG Boning, WANG Rui, MA Jing, YANG Xiyang, LYU Lijuan, ZHANG Fengyun   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
  • Online:2019-06-15 Published:2019-06-15
  • Contact: E-mail:zhangfyrt@163.com

Abstract: Objective: This study investigated the experience and needs of neurosurgery patients' parents in using healthcare mobile phone applications in a children's hospital, in order to provide references for improving the quality of transitional care. Methods: Convenience sampling method was performed. Totally 150 patients' parents in neurosurgery were investigated using a self-designed questionnaire. Results: The mean score of mobile phone using experience was 48.37±7.62, which was in the medium range. 93.3% participants were willing to install novel healthcare mobile phone applications. The median score of healthcare mobile phone applications using confidence was 39.0, which was high. Moreover, significant differences of participants' confidence were found in age, education and residence (P<0.05). Conclusion: The study suggested that more targeted and practical healthcare mobile phone applications should be developed to meet parents' needs, and promote transitional care quality.

Key words: mobile health; smartphone; application; demand survey; transitional care

CLC Number: 

  • R47