Assistance from medical devices is common for children with medical complexity (CMC) but introduces caregiving challenges. This study including HIP Investigator Dr. Ryan Coller tested the feasibility of “Tubes@HOME,” a mobile application supporting CMC family-delivered care using enteral care as a model.
Caregivers of CMC with enteral tubes participated in a 30-day feasibility study of Tubes@HOME November 2020 through January 2021. Through analysis of measures of the application’s usability and usefulness, they found that longitudinal use of Tubes@HOME among caregiving networks appeared feasible.
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