Percentiles app: pediatric tool for the assessment and learning of nutritional status

Authors

  • Gabriel Granado Pérez Granma University of Medical Sciences.
  • Giselle Lucila Vázquez Gutiérrez Granma University of Medical Sciences.
  • Julio Roberto Vázquez Palanco Granma University of Medical Sciences.
  • Jesús Daniel de la Rosa Santana Granma University of Medical Sciences.
  • Mercedes Santana Martínez Granma University of Medical Sciences.

Keywords:

medical informatics applications, information technologies and communication projects, students, education, medical

Abstract

Background: the use of information and communication technologies as tools to design learning resources guarantees a quality teaching process in the university context.
Objective: to design an effective application in the search for pediatric percentiles, for mobile devices with Android operating system and computers.
Methods: a technological innovation and development research was carried out during the 2015-2016 academic year at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Manzanillo. Theoretical methods were used: historical-logical, analysis-synthesis and systemic-structural; and empirical ones: the survey in the form of an interview. For the design of the application, the  Ubuntu 14.04 operating system was used, as tools were used: Android Studio 1.5, OpenJDK 8, Android SDK and Java 8 as programming language. The product was assessed by computing specialists and teachers and by students as users.
Results: the preparation of the application was carried out in three stages: search for precedents, selection of the tool for its preparation and design of the product that included the didactic script and the selection of the prototype and its correction. It was assessed using the Delphi method, and it was very adequate in all the variables requested.
Conclusions: the computing application was useful as an effective alternative method for finding pediatric percentiles. It constitutes a work and support tool for the specialty teaching.

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Author Biographies

Gabriel Granado Pérez, Granma University of Medical Sciences.

Doctor in medicine. I Degree Specialist in Neonatology. Maternal and Child Hospital "Fe del Valle Ramos". Neonatology Service. Manzanillo.

Giselle Lucila Vázquez Gutiérrez, Granma University of Medical Sciences.

Doctor in medicine. II Degree Specialist in Pediatrics. Assistant teacher. Aspiring Researcher. Directorate of Science and Technological Innovation.

Julio Roberto Vázquez Palanco, Granma University of Medical Sciences.

Doctor in medicine. Master in Comprehensive Child Care. II Degree Specialist in Pediatrics. Assistant Professor. Provincial Pediatric Hospital "Hermanos Cordové". Manzanillo.

Jesús Daniel de la Rosa Santana, Granma University of Medical Sciences.

5th year student of Medicine. Cardiology Assistant Student. Faculty of Medical Sciences "Celia Sánchez Manduley". Manzanillo.

Mercedes Santana Martínez, Granma University of Medical Sciences.

Degree in Social and Occupational Rehabilitation. "René Vallejo Ortiz" University Polyclinic. Manzanillo.

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Published

2020-10-01

How to Cite

1.
Granado Pérez G, Vázquez Gutiérrez GL, Vázquez Palanco JR, de la Rosa Santana JD, Santana Martínez M. Percentiles app: pediatric tool for the assessment and learning of nutritional status. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 30];12(4). Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1521

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2020)

Section

ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL

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