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Revista de Enfermagem Referência
Print version ISSN 0874-0283On-line version ISSN 2182-2883
Abstract
PRADO, Silvéria Lopes Ponte et al. Caring for people with chronic leg ulcers: Development and evaluation of monitoring software. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2023, vol.serVI, n.2, e30765. Epub Mar 11, 2024. ISSN 0874-0283. https://doi.org/10.12707/rvi23.47.30765.
Background:
The systematization of data records about the status and evolution of chronic leg ulcers improves their treatment.
Objective:
To describe the development of a software for monitoring care provided to patients with chronic leg ulcers.
Methodology:
This methodological study was based on Participatory Interaction Design process and developed in four interactive stages - 1) Requirements analysis; 2) (Re)design; 3) Prototype construction, and 4) Quality assessment.
Results:
The software includes a description of constitutional and behavioral factors, the disease, evaluation methods, data from the consultation and monitoring of recurrences, and alerts indicating the factors involved in the healing process. Moreover, all experts agreed on the criteria of usability, functionality, appearance, organization, sequence, and understandability.
Conclusion:
The developed software is adequate in terms of quality and may be useful for stoma nurses and generalist nurses.
Keywords : nursing informatics; leg ulcer; varicose ulcer; software; technology; nursing.