Renal health: Evaluation of the spontaneous use of a new m-health technology and validation of its content to support patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

INTRODUCTION: Chronic kidney disease is a worldwide public health problem, with a high prevalence of patients on dialysis. mHealth technologies can greatly support the treatment and monitoring of these patients. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the spontaneous use of the application (app) Renal Health, a previously available technology, for patients on hemodialysis and validate content to support patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. METHODS: The first stage consisted of evaluating the spontaneous use of the app, and the second stage consisted of methodological research for the development, evaluation, and improvement of a technological instrument for use in clinical practice as a support for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). The association between categorical variables was performed using the chi-square test, adopting a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: The app was accessed by 753 users and of these, 34 % accessed the hemodialysis section. Most accesses were in the state of São Paulo/Brazil and performed by women. The records of biochemical tests did not vary according to gender and age group (p > 0.05). The developed and validated PD section enables section control, allowing the user to manage their sessions. The analysis of the technology by the specialists showed good results for the global content validity index (CVI) regarding objectives (CVI = 0.95), structure (CVI = 0.97), and relevance (CVI = 1.0). CONCLUSION: It is concluded that the hemodialysis section of the Renal Health app aroused the interest of the population and that the developed peritoneal dialysis section was validated by specialists.

Comparison of Features of a Mobile Application to Report School Violence Through Benchmarking.

BACKGROUND: At a time and educational context favorable to technologies and innovations, we took the initiative to mobile phone applications (apps) relevant to school violence in an effort to be responsive to a growing public health problem in multiple countries. METHODS: In this study, we compared and verified the features of 10 apps for reporting violence in schools. We used a benchmarking tool for integrative review of these mobile apps. RESULTS: There were 13 apps on the Google Play platform, 11 apps in the App Store, and 5 apps on both platforms, totaling 19 apps. We selected 10 apps for comparative analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Through benchmarking, we determined the relevant features of the apps with recommendations for improving app development in the future.