ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2014
Getting a technology-based diabetes intervention ready for prime time: a review of usability testing studies.
Review in Current diabetes reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Empowering patients to address diabetes care gaps: formative usability testing of a novel patient portal intervention.JAMIA open · 2023Article
- Analysis of user interactions with a digital health wallet for enabling care continuity in the context of an ongoing pandemic.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2023Article
- Usability of a mobile application for health professionals in home care services: a user-centered approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Designing and Developing an eHealth Program for Patients With Persistent Physical Symptoms: Usability Study.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
- Usability Issues in Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies: Cross-project Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Development and palliative care staff reactions to a sleep regulation educational intervention.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- A Scoping Review and General User's Guide for Facilitating the Successful Use of eHealth Programs for Diabetes in Clinical Care.Diabetes technology & therapeutics · 2021Article
- Effect of Prior Health Knowledge on the Usability of Two Home Medical Devices: Usability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
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- Designing for the Co-Use of Consumer Health Technology in Self-Management of Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Mixed Methods Qualitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Su salud a la mano (your health at hand): patient perceptions about a bilingual patient portal in the Los Angeles safety net.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Article
- Engaging users in the design of an mHealth, text message-based intervention to increase physical activity at a safety-net health care system.JAMIA open · 2019Article
- The relationship between user interface problems of an admission, discharge and transfer module and usability features: a usability testing method.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2019Article
- Customizing the Types of Technologies Used by Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus for Diabetes Treatment: Case Series on Patient Experience.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- The Iterative Convergent Design for Mobile Health Usability Testing: Mixed Methods Approach.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- A Patient-Facing Diabetes Dashboard Embedded in a Patient Web Portal: Design Sprint and Usability Testing.JMIR human factors · 2018Article
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Abstract
Consumer health technologies can educate patients about diabetes and support their self-management, yet usability evidence is rarely published even though it determines patient engagement, optimal benefit of any intervention, and an understanding of generalizability. Therefore, we conducted a narrative review of peer-reviewed articles published from 2009 to 2013 that tested the usability of a web- or mobile-delivered system/application designed to educate and support patients with diabetes. Overall, the 23 papers included in our review used mixed (n = 11), descriptive quantitative (n = 9), and qualitative methods (n = 3) to assess usability, such as documenting which features performed as intended and how patients rated their experiences. More sophisticated usability evaluations combined several complementary approaches to elucidate more aspects of functionality. Future work pertaining to the design and evaluation of technology-delivered diabetes education/support interventions should aim to standardize the usability testing processes and publish usability findings to inform interpretation of why an intervention succeeded or failed and for whom.
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