Validação de um website para avaliação fisioterápica respiratória, cardiovascular e em terapia intensiva: physiomeasure

Abstract

Introduction: With the rise in the use of technologies to aid diagnosis and monitoring in health, the concept of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes - ePRO, measures of patient-reported outcomes using electronic resources arises. Through them, automatic data entry becomes more practical for health professionals. Objective: To validate an online platform (website) with responsive design for physical therapy assessment in the areas of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy and intensive care: PhysioMeasure. Materials and methods: This is a methodological study for the validation of a website carried out in the city of Fortaleza - CE, at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The validation was carried out through the evaluation of specialists in the field of Physiotherapy and Informatics, in which 29 judges were selected, being 15 judges of physiotherapy and 14 judges of informatics, who analyzed content, accuracy, authorship, updating, audience, navigation, links externals and structure. The evaluation of the technical aspects and the content of the platform was carried out through the adapted instrument Health-Related Web Site Evaluation Form Emory (HRWEF) and the usability evaluation was carried out through the System Usability Scale (SUS, which comes from English, System Usability Scale) that were sent to the judges through links to electronic forms to be filled in together with the Free and Informed Consent Term (ICF). The analysis of evaluation data with the Emory instrument and with the System Usability Scale (SUS) were performed in a descriptive way, with data presented as means and standard deviation. Results: Regarding the overall score of the Emory questionnaire, the physiotherapy judges rated the website quality as “adequate” and the informatics judges rated the website quality as“excellent”. Regarding the evaluation of the website content, the physical therapist judges rated the quality of the website content as “excellent” and the informatics judges rated the quality of the website content as “adequate”. Regarding the usability assessment, most physiotherapist judges (93.33%) classified it as “best imaginable”, while most informatics judges (57.14%) classified it as “good”. Conclusion: The website validation showed favorable results that influence the use and applicability of the PhysioMeasure website as a useful tool in the respiratory, cardiovascular and intensive care physical therapy assessment process in the clinical environment of physical therapists.