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Remote Usability Testing to Facilitate the Continuation of Research.
- Source :
- Medinfo; 2021, Vol. 290, p424-427, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Usability testing has historically been an in-person activity where test participants and evaluation researchers are co-located. Recruiting participants into usability studies can be a challenging endeavor especially when potential participants are concerned about time commitments and social distancing. The global COVID-19 pandemic has driven the development of remote usability testing methods. In this paper, we describe remote usability testing as it evolved during a pre-pandemic research study. We adapted our in-person usability evaluation methodology for a commercially available mHealth app to a remote usability testing methodology to accommodate potential participants during a more convenient participant-identified time. In doing so we met the needs, preferences, and availability of our participants and maintained research progress. Adapting to patient-centered needs through remote usability testing has the potential to facilitate continued research and engage potential participants due to its convenience, flexibility, and decrease constraints presented by geographic limits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- USER-centered system design
HUMAN research subjects
HEALTH care reminder systems
MOBILE apps
DIGITAL technology
PATIENT selection
RESEARCH methodology
CONFERENCES & conventions
INTERVIEWING
SURVEYS
PATIENTS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
QUESTIONNAIRES
DATA analysis software
CONTENT analysis
TELEMEDICINE
COVID-19 pandemic
SECONDARY analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15696332
- Volume :
- 290
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Medinfo
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 157834189
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI220110