Ewhodas: desenvolvimento de uma aplicação móvel para avaliação clínica da funcionalidade

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https://doi.org/10.14571/brajets.v18.n4.1565-1573

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Whodas, clinical health, mobile application, development

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to describe the process of creating and developing a mobile application that facilitates the utilization of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) for assessing its functioning in clinical health practice. After obtaining authorization from the World Health Organization, the authors executed the project idea according to the following phases: storyboard design, selection of a free and user-friendly development platform, pilot testing, creation of the Portuguese version, and free availability for use. The first version of the application was developed based on the steps described above. This version was field-tested in the pilot phase by 16 professionals and achieved a good usability score of 80.93 on the system usability scale (SUS). The final version of eWHODAS is now available at zero cost in online stores in English and Portuguese.

Author Biographies

  • Shamyr Sulyvan de Castro, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

    Physiotherapist (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho-2003), MSc (CNPq scholarship) in Public Health (Epidemiology department from University of São Paulo-2006) and Ph.D. (FAPESP scholarship)with a research time (CNPq scholarship) at the Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, in Munich, Germany, at the ICF-Branch Research. With experience in Public Health, with an emphasis on Public Health, working mainly on the following topics: health of people with disabilities, health surveys and analysis of population databases. He was an adjunct professor of Epidemiology, Collective Health and Preventive Physiotherapy at the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro-UFTM. He is currently a professor of the physiotherapy course at the Federal University of Ceará - UFC, where he works with the disciplines of gerontology and internship II, supervises master's degree in the Graduate Program in Physiotherapy and Functioning and a master's and doctoral students in the Graduate Program in Public Health, all for UFC. 

  • Nicolas Fonteles Leite, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

    Graduated in Mechatronics Engineering from IFCE. Has experience in the fields of Robotics, Control, and Automation, but has been working mainly in software development focused on mobile and web applications for medical and therapeutic support. Seeks opportunities to deepen knowledge in computer science and to collaborate and learn from other professionals in the field. Also has brief teaching experience through short courses in technology and programming.

  • Antonio Augusto Teixeira Peixoto, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

    Possui graduação em Engenharia de Teleinformática pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2014) com mestrado em Engenharia Elétrica também pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2017). Possui doutorado em Engenharia de Teleinformática na área de Tensor Learning (2022). Tem experiência na área de telecomunicações, processamento de sinais e aprendizado de máquina. Atua como professor do Instituto Federal do Ceará (IFCE) campus Jaguaribe desde 2019, de 2022 a 2024 atuou como coordenador do curso de Tecnologia em Redes de Computadores e, atualmente é Diretor-Geral do IFCE Campus Jaguaribe. Tem como linhas de pesquisa e trabalho IA, Machine Learning e , redes de computadores e telecomunicações.

  • Auzuir Ripardo de Alexandria, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

    Auzuir Ripardo de Alexandria received the degree in electrical engineering and the bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil, in 1993 and 1994, respectively, and the master’s and Ph.D. degrees in teleinformatics engineering from the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, in 2005 and 2011, respectively. He has been a Professor at the Industry Department, Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Ceará (IFCE), Fortaleza, since 2003. He is also the Leader of the Computer Simulation Research Group, IFCE. As a researcher, he works in the fields of computer vision, mobile robotics, biomedical engineering, artificial neural networks, and industrial automation, coordinating and guiding several projects

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28-12-2025

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Sulyvan de Castro, S., Fonteles Leite, N., Teixeira Peixoto, A. A., & Ripardo de Alexandria, A. (2025). Ewhodas: desenvolvimento de uma aplicação móvel para avaliação clínica da funcionalidade. Cadernos De Educação Tecnologia E Sociedade, 18(4), 1565-1573. https://doi.org/10.14571/brajets.v18.n4.1565-1573