ABSTRACT
We describe a community-engaged approach with Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS), home care aide (HCA), client, and physical therapist stakeholders to develop a mobile application (app) exercise intervention through focus groups and interviews. Participants desired a short exercise program with modification capabilities, goal setting, and mechanisms to track progress. Concerns regarding participation were training needs and feasibility within usual care services. Technological preferences were for simple, easy-to-use, and engaging content. The app was piloted with HCA-client dyads (n = 5) to refine the intervention and evaluate content. Engaging stakeholders in intervention development provides valuable user-feedback on both desired exercise program contents and mobile technology preferences for HCBS recipients.
Funding
This project is supported by the Retirement Research Foundation (#2016-042), in part; by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant UL1TR001422; and Performance Health.
Disclosure statement
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.