Development of a tablet app designed to improve African Americans' screening colonoscopy rates Journal Article


Authors: Miller, S. J.; Sly, J. R.; Gaffney, K. B.; Jiang, Z.; Henry, B.; Jandorf, L.
Article Title: Development of a tablet app designed to improve African Americans' screening colonoscopy rates
Abstract: Compared with other racial/ethnic groups, African Americans have the highest colorectal cancer (CRC) morbidity and mortality rates. It is critical to help improve African Americans' CRC prevention efforts in order to reduce the burden of CRC in this community. The aim of this study was to develop and field test a tablet app, called e-Motivate, designed to improve African Americans' screening colonoscopy rates. The e-Motivate app was field tested, using an iterative approach. The first version of the app, e-Motivate 1.0, was field tested on 20 African Americans over the age of 50. Participants engaged in a think aloud exercise and provided feedback regarding the app's usability and acceptability. The results of the first field test were used to modify the app and develop e-Motivate 2.0. The field test procedures were repeated on a new group of participants (N = 18). The results from the second field test were used to make final modifications to the app. Overall, participants responded positively to the app. Qualitative analyses showed that participants found the app to be easy to use and helpful. Furthermore, descriptive statistics revealed that participants found the app to be highly usable and acceptable, exceeding recommended benchmarks for usability and acceptability. Critiques of the app were used to modify and finalize the intervention. The results from the proposed study suggest that the e-Motivate app is highly feasible and acceptable. The next step in this line of research is to conduct a randomized clinical trial to formally test the efficacy of the e-Motivate app for improving screening colonoscopy rates among African Americans. © Society of Behavioral Medicine 2019. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Keywords: colorectal cancer; cancer prevention; african americans; digital health
Journal Title: Translational Behavioral Medicine
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
ISSN: 1869-6716
Publisher: Springer  
Date Published: 2020-04-01
Start Page: 375
End Page: 383
Language: English
DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibz014
PUBMED: 30799495
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC7237545
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 1 June 2020 -- Source: Scopus
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