Development of home guidance mobile app for individuals with Chronic Non-progressive Childhood Encelopathy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Non-Progressive Chronic Childhood Encephalopathy (NPE) is a condition of non-progressive physical disability due to a developing central nervous system injury. It has motor disorders, muscle tone and posture, thus causing a deficiency in coordination of muscle action and movements, inability or difficulty in maintaining posture. With the growth and development of children may occur an aggravation of health, as the appearance of deformities and contractures that affect functionality, so to minimize these effects preventive measures are necessary. OBJECTIVES: To develop a family guidance mobile app for patient management regarding positioning, transfers and prevention of contractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study consisted of a technological production research, aiming at the development of a mobile app for the Android platform. The mobile app production was divided into three stages, scientific research, through electronic access databases such as PUBMED, LILACS, MEDLINE and Scielo; elaboration of a simplified language and development of android application. RESULTS: The result was a mobile app consisting of 5 topics: general NPE information, stretching, postural transfers, handling and bibliographic references. CONCLUSION: The importance of adapting health care to technological advances to improve patients' quality of life was verified.