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Table 6 User opinions about the application, PA advice, and PEPs

From: User-centered design of a mobile app for physical activity advice in cancer care: preliminary study in Morocco at the National Institute of Oncology

 

Beneficiaries

HCPs

User opinions on the app and its features

• The app gives the impression of monitoring by HCP.

• The app is easy to use.

• Clear explanation in video tutorials on how to use the app.

• The app provides daily monitoring by AP advice and PEP.

• The app allows contact with HCP and app administrators.

• The app allows the history recording and graphing by day and period.

• The app makes the promotion of PA in oncology care accessible and easy.

• The app is easy to use.

• The app integrates the mental and physical health status of patients daily.

• The app allows the follow-up of real achievements by the patients (PEP and PA advice) outside the moments of the medical consultations.

• The app allows the exchange between peers.

• The app allows the evaluation and self-evaluation of performance and compliance rates for PA advice and PEP.

User opinions on PEP and PA advice

• Accessible and adapted PEP advice.

• Adapted, precise, and clear PEP.

• Possibility of adapting PEPs if you have forgotten or an unfavorable state of health.

• Detailed and clear explanation of PEP contents, via video tutorials.

• Accessible and adapted PEP advice.

• Adapted, precise, and clear PEP.

Missing elements and areas for improvement

• If some exercises are difficult or impossible, several choices of exercises should be provided.

• Lack of reminder notifications to motivate us

• It is preferable to integrate pedometers to have reliable data