Digital Health

Biography

Biography: Ms Mahrin Rahman

Abstract

Health4TheWorld is a nonprofit organization that was founded with the intent to utilize technology as a way to empower doctors and patients in low resource communities globally. Via the creation of a mobile technology application, stroke patients and their caregivers are given the opportunity to communicate via the app, learn mobility exercises, increase stroke knowledge, and schedule reminders to perform activities of daily living. Preliminary usability data from the pilot site at the National Institute of Neurological Sciences in Nepal are analyzed here as a way to understand usability, learnability, efficiency, satisfaction, and consistency. The survey was available to registered users in 2017-2018 and 55 users responded. The majority were family members (74.6%) with 14.6% being patients. The mean age was 58.5, and 58.2% were male. 63.6% of respondents had 0-6 years of education, 27.3% had 7-12 years and 7.27% had 12+ years of education. 96.4% of participants strongly agreed that they would use the app frequently. 98.2% strongly agreed/agreed that the mobile app was easy to use. 92.7% of respondents found the various functions in the app were well integrated. 92.7% strongly agreed that most people would learn to use the app quickly. 90.9% felt confident using the app. This preliminary data shows that this stroke app is fairly intuitive to use, and that it helps to fill a gap in post stroke care that was previously unavailable. Respondents liked to use the app frequently, and felt confident navigating through the various portals.