Design and Evaluaton of a Mobile Phone-based Oral Health Educatonal Applicaton for Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects

Abstract

Background and Objectves: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common type of birth defect. Affected children and adolescents with CHD require special care in dentstry because of their susceptbility to infectve endocardits from poor oral hygiene infectons. The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a mobile-based educatonal oral health applicaton for children and adolescents with CHD. Materials & Methods: This developmental study was conducted in 2021-2022 at the Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Center in Isfahan. My Structured Query Language (MySQL) system was used to design the database of educatonal oral health applicaton. Also; the development phase was based on the Android platorm. The design and development of a mobile-based educatonal oral health applicaton was carried out in five stages, including analysis, design, development, implementaton, and evaluaton. A researcher-made questonnaire was used to evaluate the applicaton. The statstcal populaton of this was composed of 51 children and adolescents (3-18 years of age) with CHD and their parents. Results: The results of the evaluaton of the usability of the educatonal oral health app from the children and adolescents' perspectve with CHD showed that the "user-friendliness", "ease of use" and " educatonal impacts" of the app were evaluated as good. Conclusion: The usage of this mobile applicaton can be useful in improving the oral and dental health of children and adolescents with CHD. © The Author(s), 2024.