Development and validation of a mobile application for graphical representation of pediatric urological anomalies: The Uro Map software

Purpose: The Uro Map application for smartphones was developed to help healthcare providers in the treatment of children with urological malformations, raising the possibility of graphically representing each urinary tract unit as an schematic illustration and associating it with relevant data from the patient’s medical history, producing an illustration representing the child’s urinary tract status that can be both archived and/or shared among caregivers. This app was submitted to a group of caregivers to test its accuracy and the results of this survey was the basis of the present report. Methods: : Common pediatric urological situations were simulated through the application, generating ten images, which were attached to a form. For each figure, a multiple-choice question was assigned, with only one correct answer per question. The forms were sent to 875 Pediatric Surgeons and 400 Pediatric Nephrologists through their national scientific associations. Results: : 174 Pediatric Surgeons, 53 Pediatric Nephrologists, 18 Pediatric Surgery Residents, 26 urologists and 12 other healthcare providers answered the questionnaire. The latter 2 groups were formed due to the sharing of the form by the participants themselves. The mean score in each group was: pediatric surgeons 9.51, pediatric nephrologists 9.52, pediatric surgery residents 9.88, urologists 9.69 and other participants 8.8. Conclusion: The Uro Map application was successfully developed and based on the participants’ scores, it can be considered effective to represent the most diverse pediatric urological disorders.