Self-supporting wound care mobile applications for nurses: A scoping review protocol. Issue 1 (February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gagnon, Julie; Probst, Sebastian; Chartrand, Julie; Lalonde, Michelle
• Is Part Of: Journal of tissue viability. Volume 32:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 79
• Page End: 84
• Publication Date: 2023-02
• Subjects: Wound care -- Nursing -- Mobile application -- mHealth -- Technology -- Smart phone -- Scoping review -- Protocols; DoPHER Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews -- JBI Joanna Briggs Institute -- JBISRIR JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports -- PCC Population, concept, and context -- PRISMA-ScR Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews; Wounds and injuries -- Periodicals; Ulcers -- Periodicals; Bedsores -- Periodicals; Bedsores; Ulcers; Wounds and injuries; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 617.1406
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2023.01.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-206X

Abstract

Abstract: Aim: Mobile health (mHealth) is playing an increasingly important role in the computerization of wound care on an international scale with an aim to improve care. The aim of this scoping review protocol is to present a transparent process for how we plan to search and review the existing evidence related to self-supporting mobile wound care applications used by nurses. Materials and methods: The scoping review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. An exploratory search was performed using MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, CINAHL (Ebsco), to identify concepts, keywords, MeSH terms, and headings to identify study types looking for mobile applications in wound care. The findings of this search will determine the final search strategy. Data sources will include MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, LiSSa, Cochrane Wounds (Cochrane Library) and Erudit. The titles and abstracts of the identified articles will be screened independently by two authors for relevance. Full texts will also be screened by two independent reviewers and data extraction will be performed in accordance with a pre-designed extraction form. All types of studies and literature linked to self-supporting mobile wound care application used by nurses will be included (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods and grey literature). Conclusion: The results of the scoping review will give an overview of the existing self-supporting mobile applications in wound care used by nurses. These will also help to identify the existing applications, and describe knowledge in nursing about their utilisation, development, and evaluation, as well as synthesize the available literature on their impacts. Highlights: Mobile applications are often used by nurses to enhance wound care. There is a lack of knowledge about development and the impact of mobile applications in wound care. A protocol allows for the rigorous and transparent realization of the scoping review.