Mobile educational follow-up application for patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Cristiane Baldessar Mendez, Nádia Chiodelli Salum, Cintia Junkes and 2 others
PMID 30698220WHAT IT FOUND
A mobile app prototype for peripheral arterial disease was built to educate patients and let nurses monitor wounds, medications and activity.
It was not tested in patients, so it cannot be recommended as effective care.
Key findings
01A mobile application was developed to provide educational follow-up for people diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease.
02The prototype was designed to allow patients to send lesion photos and forms for professional monitoring, with medication reminders and activity tracking.
03The application was not validated or tested for content, functionality or usability by specialists or users.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
Read the rest of this summary
You get three full summaries a month, free, and we do not ask for a card. Search, the TL;DRs and your library stay unlimited either way.
What it does not show
The authors state that the application was not validated or evaluated for content, functionality or usability by specialists or users. No patient outcomes were reported, so the paper cannot show that the app changes adherence, wound healing, walking, risk factors or complications. The follow-up function depends on an accredited institution with qualified professionals to monitor messages and images; without that support, the app would be education only. The described product is a prototype, not a deployed or tested service.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that a mobile app improves PAD outcomes. It reports only development and design; no validation or patient testing was done.