Desenvolvimento de aplicativo para dispositivos móveis com usabilidade no rastreamento de feridas

Abstract

Introduction: The UP Feridas app presents itself as an easy and agile innovative proposal for the tracking of wounds of vascular origin by health professionals in Primary Care. Diabetic foot ulcers (UPD) are the main cause of lower limb amputation, due to lack of prevention, diagnosis and late treatment. Amputation, therefore, is an irreversible complication with extreme physical, mental and social implications. UPDs precede 85% of amputations and Diabetes Mellitus is the main cause of lower extremity amputations. Objective: To develop an application for mobile devices with usability in tracking diabetic foot wounds and varicose ulcers. Method: Study on the technological development of a mobile application for tracking patients with diabetic foot and varicose ulcers from the Primary Care of the Family Health Program (PSF). Due to the specificity of technological knowledge required in the creation of an application for mobile devices, all stages of the study were developed in a partnership between I9Colab and PROFNIT and the research group Cendo Vascular linked to the Arthur Ramos Memorial Hospital - HMAR. Results: 10 (ten) applications aimed at the care and prevention of diabetic foot were identified and analyzed. The results demonstrate that the applications found in the databases: patents, articles and in the Play Store, are related to the clinical management of the diabetic patient, management and practical pocket guide for patients with foot problems. However, none of them refers to the tracking of diabetic patients with wounds of vascular origin in primary care, indicating the novelty of the proposed topic in terms of patents filed in Brazil and via PCT. Conclusion: The application for mobile devices with usability in wound tracking was developed.