Enhancing Motor Development of Premature Infants: A Mobile App to Support Hospital-Home Intervention Program

Abstract

The integration of mobile devices into different sectors of society is an increasingly common process; however, their integration as part of medical monitoring for treatments carried out at home is still new, especially their application to the motor development of premature children. This work determines the elements that a mobile application must have to support a hospital-home intervention program aimed at improving motor development in premature infants. The application is designed to work in Android and iOS platforms for mobile devices and to support the hospital-home strategy developed at the Universidad de La Sabana. In this study, an evolutionary device was created, developed and validated along with itsUnity3D tool. The result is an intuitive application that allows parents to strengthen the motor development of their children through a series of 10 exercises designed to stimulate the baby. It consists of a registry of babies, fundamentals, exercise modules and follow-up procedures. The conclusions indicate that although the application is intuitive, some parents have difficulty accessing a mobile device, so it is necessary to create a web version of the application.