Feasibility Testing of Tubes@HOME: A Mobile Application to Support Family-Delivered Enteral Care

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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