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Ghazisaeedi M, Safari A, Sheikhtaheri A, Dalvand H. The effect of an android-based application on the knowledge of the caregivers of children with cerebral palsy. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2016; 30 (1) :1149-1155
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-4162-en.html
Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medi-cal Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , sheikhtaheri.a@iums.ac.ir
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Background: Mobile health and e-learning may have a significant impact on training patients, physicians, students and caregivers. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of using an educational mobile application on the knowledge of the caregivers of children with cerebral palsy (CP).

  Methods: We used a previously developed mobile application. The knowledge of 17 caregivers of children with CP (including parents) about the daily care of their children was evaluated through a self-assessment and a test with multiple-choice and true-false questions. Next, the application, which included several educational modules for the daily care of the children with CP, was given to the caregivers to use continually for two months. After this period, the knowledge of the caregivers was evaluated by the same tools. Data analysis was performed by SPSS-16, using paired-sample t-test or Wilcoxon test.

  Results: The effect of the use of this educational application on the knowledge of caregivers in all childcare domains, except for eating, was reported to be significant (p<0.05). Furthermore, the results of the multiple-choice test revealed that this application increased the knowledge of caregivers in all domains except playing (p<0.05). 

  Conclusion: Training through novel technologies such as Smartphone along with their applications can improve the knowledge of caregivers about the daily care of children with cerebral palsy.

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Type of Study: Original Research | Subject: E-learning

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