Puspitasari, Atika Wahyu and Kristina, Susi Ari and Satibi, Satibi and Prabandari, Yayi Suryo (2024) SoBat Kanker smartphone application to improve oral chemotherapy adherence among cancer patients in Indonesia: Development, usability, and feasibility pilot study. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 14 (3). pp. 183-190. ISSN 22313354
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Abstract
This study aimed to design, develop, and evaluate the usability and feasibility of the SoBat Kanker smartphone application to improve oral chemotherapy adherence among Indonesian cancer patients. This mixed-methods study was conducted from January 2022 to April 2023 at the National Cancer Centre, Jakarta. This study was conducted in two sequential phases: Phase I focused on developing the app using a user-centered design approach and evaluating the app using a System Usability Scale (SUS), and Phase II focused on the feasibility test of the app using one group pre-post-test design. Medication adherence was measured to test the feasibility of use using the oral chemotherapy adherence scale. The SoBat Kanker app was successfully developed in Bahasa Indonesia and was available in the Google Play Store. The app features consisted of a list of patient medications and alarm reminders for taking a drug, chatting with a pharmacist, medication information, and a diary with reminders to keep appointments related to refilling prescriptions and attending the hospital. The average system usability (SUS) score was 85.33, indicating grade A and excellent system usability. Preliminary adherence outcome measure showed significant adherence improvement in pre-post intervention at 6-week follow-up (p < 0.001). Smartphone application programs may be useful and support cancer patients taking medication as prescribed. In this usability and feasibility study, the SoBat Kanker app showed acceptable, easy-to-use, and improved medication adherence. However, further studies are necessary for efficacy testing in a large-scale randomized controlled trial. © 2024, Atika Wahyu Puspitasari et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | adult; aged; Article; cancer patient; chemotherapy; clinical outcome; feasibility study; feedback system; female; follow up; health care personnel; human; human experiment; Indonesia; Internet; male; medical information; oral chemotherapy adherence; pharmacist; pilot study; prescription; questionnaire; reminder system; semi structured interview; text messaging; usability; user-centered design |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RN Non Surgical Divisions R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing > Non Surgical Divisions |
Depositing User: | Ngesti Gandini |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2025 07:00 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2025 07:00 |
URI: | https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/18943 |