To prove the application’s effectiveness, it is necessary to conduct a survey among those who attempted to utilize it. The process might take a while, as people with cognitive disorders tend to perceive information more slowly (Cooper, Andrew, & Fossey, 2016). Once the app is created, a nurse practitioner should invite each veteran separately to her office for the app presentation. This demonstration aims to describe the purpose of the program, features, information that should be filled in, and in what cases it can be used. Then the nurse should show a tutorial on how to navigate it (Navabi, Ghaffari, & Jannat-Alipoor, 2016). Furthermore, it is necessary to advise how to fill in the checklist with the built-in symptoms and the recommendations and decide whether they can cope with discomfort on their own or need urgent help. Lastly, a nurse must ensure the patient is able to show a response demonstration on how to use the app and if they can enter each section.
Once the tutorial is completed and each veteran received access to the app, nurses need to conduct a survey identifying if they absorbed the knowledge. The study suggested will include two parts: theoretical and practical. The first one will consist of general questions concerning the purpose of the app, its features, and how helpful they expect it to be. Meanwhile, the practice section will be represented in screenshots from the app with the gaps to fill in and open-ended questions on how to access the required area.
The results of the two-part survey will provide information in regard to the number of patients who can successfully use the application. If more than 50% of veterans with PTSD pass reports having no implications employing the app, it will guarantee that the program has reached its objectives. Moreover, it is expected to continue educating the population suffering from PTDS or other cognitive how to use such applications and making them available to the public.
The reliability of the survey can be obtained by implementing the test-retest model. Reliability refers to the consistent measurements of the same aspects. This tool involves performing the same procedure over a specific amount of time (Rose & Johnson, 2020). Thus, veterans with PTSD subjected to a reduced display of their abilities should repeat the questionnaire about the app after a week, month, and year to demonstrate how well they remember its features. This intervention will be useful for proving the reliability of the program.
Validity will be harder to access; however, it is more vital in research. It stands for the accurate measurement of the aspect that is intended to assess (Rose & Johnson, 2020). To measure the validity of the application for veterans, it is essential to use the criterion method, which implies a correspondence between two valid measures. In our case, these measures are the presumes outcomes and patients’ responses. The survey conducted will measure veterans’ abilities to use the app appropriately. If the results demonstrate the predicted effects, the app will have a high degree of validity; thus, it will achieve the program’s goals and prove its efficacy.
To sum up, if the experiment proves reliable and valid, the application for those who have PTSD may be improved or facilitated for everyday use. Moreover, the app is expected to increase life quality by providing instant access to the recommendation and medical help. It is anticipated that veterans demonstrate a high level of comprehension and use the app when they need healthcare assistance.
References
Cooper, L., Andrew, S., & Fossey, M. (2016). Educating nurses to care for military veterans in civilian hospitals: An integrated literature review. Nurse Education Today, 47, 68-73. Web.
Navabi, N., Ghaffari, F., & Jannat-Alipoor, Z. (2016). Older adults’ attitudes and barriers toward the use of mobile phones. Clinical interventions in aging, 11, 1371–1378. Web.
Rose, J., & Johnson, C. (2020). Contextualizing reliability and validity in qualitative research: toward more rigorous and trustworthy qualitative social science in leisure research. Journal of Leisure Research, 51(4), 432-451. Web.