Construction and validation of a mobile application for monitoring tuberculosis cases in Primary Health Care
Tuberculosis; Primary Health Care; Health surveillance; Health Surveillance; Information and Communication Technologies; Mobile Applications; Smartphone.
Tuberculosis still is a serious health problem worldwide. The development of new tools, interventions and strategies to implement disease control is being encouraged every day. The general objective of this study will be build and validate the content of a mobile application, for use on smartphones, to support the monitoring of tuberculosis cases in Primary Health Care. It will be a methodological study, with a quantitative approach, which will be developed in two stages: the construction and validation of the instrument's content for monitoring tuberculosis cases in Primary Health Care and the development of the “FollowTB” mobile application for professionals and people living with tuberculosis. The first phase will have Pasquali's psychometry as a methodological reference. In the theoretical procedures, a descriptive study and a scoping review will be carried out to identify the contents to compose the instrument. The empirical procedures will take place for the content validation by judges and finally the analytical procedures, in which the calculation and analysis of the content validation coefficients and level of agreement will be performed. The second phase refers to the development of the application based on the User-Centered Design method. The study will meet the ethical foundations of Resolution No. 466/2012. It is expected to contribute to health actions with regard to monitoring cases, from active search to outcomes (cure, abandonment, death), with a view to promoting comprehensive care for people living with the disease, such as also optimize the work process of health teams and contribute with implementation strategies that assist in public policies related to the disease. It is also expected to contribute to the knowledge and autonomy in relation to the disease of people living with tuberculosis.