William B Nowell, Kelly Gavigan, Kimberly Garza, Ronan O'Beirne, Monika Safford, Michael George, Alexis Ogdie, Jessica A Walsh, Maria I Danila, Shilpa Venkatachalam, Laura Stradford, Esteban Rivera, Jeffrey R Curtis
OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify (a) what types of information US adults with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) perceive as most important to know about their disease, and (b) what functions they would use in an RMD-specific smartphone app. METHODS: Nominal groups with RMD patients were conducted via online tools to generate a list of needed education topics. Based on nominal group results, a survey with final educational items was administered online, along with questions about desired functions of a smartphone app for RMD and wearable use, to patients within a large community rheumatology practice-based research network and the PatientSpot registry...
May 15, 2024: Journal of Rheumatology