Design evolution enhances patient compliance for low-intensity pulsed ultrasound device usage
| Autor: | John Jones, Neill M Pounder, Kevin J. Tanis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medical device design Evidence and Research [Medical Devices] Biomedical Engineering Medicine (miscellaneous) Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound compliance 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine LIPUS In patient Patient compliance Original Research 030222 orthopedics patient adherence business.industry ultrasound Ultrasound Innovation process 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Direct feedback Device Usage Physical therapy business Design evolution |
| Zdroj: | Medical Devices (Auckland, N.Z.) |
| ISSN: | 1179-1470 |
| Popis: | Poor patient compliance or nonadherence with prescribed treatments can have a significant unfavorable impact on medical costs and clinical outcomes. In the current study, voice-of-the-customer research was conducted to aid in the development of a next-generation low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) bone healing product. An opportunity to improve patient compliance reporting was identified, resulting in the incorporation into the next-generation device of a visual calendar that provides direct feedback to the patient, indicating days for which they successfully completed treatment. Further investigation was done on whether inclusion of the visual calendar improved patient adherence to the prescribed therapy (20 minutes of daily treatment) over a 6-month period. Thus, 12,984 data files were analyzed from patients prescribed either the earlier- or the next-generation LIPUS device. Over the 6-month period, overall patient compliance was 83.8% with the next-generation LIPUS device, compared with 74.2% for the previous version (p Video abstract |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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