SynthesisApplied clinical informatics2017
Towards Usable E-Health. A Systematic Review of Usability Questionnaires.
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Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Usability Evaluation of Dashboards: A Systematic Literature Review of Tools.BioMed research international · 2023Pooled it
- Standards, Processes, and Tools Used to Evaluate the Quality of Health Information Systems: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Assessing cognition in people with severe mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of assessment measures.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- eHealth in Geriatric Rehabilitation: Systematic Review of Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Usability.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Home-based respiratory-gated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for rheumatoid arthritis-a feasibility study.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Trial
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- Impact of a Mobile App on Paramedics' Perceived and Physiologic Stress Response During Simulated Prehospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Study Nested Within a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Mapping the landscape of standardized usability questionnaires in healthcare: a 26-year scoping review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Mobile health and hypertension in the digital era: patient perspectives on mHealth adoption and self-management in Saudi Arabia aligned with the digital health objectives of vision 2030.Asian biomedicine : research, reviews and news · 2025Article
- Usability of Videoconferencing for Physical Exercise Interventions in Older Adults: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Review
- Current practices for assessing usability of novel point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Physical activity and diet just-in-time adaptive intervention to reduce blood pressure: a randomized controlled trial.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of 2 Interventions on the Acceptability and Usability of a Sensing Glove for Measuring Force-Time Characteristics of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative Therapy: A Crossover Study.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2025Article
- Usability evaluation of the "Teen 'n Fit" mobile health application: A formative study among Indonesian adolescent girls.PloS one · 2025Article
- German Version of the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire and Derived Short Questionnaires for Usability and Perceived Usefulness in Health Care Assessment in Telehealth and Digital Therapeutics: Instrument Validation Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Usability testing of the Set Brave Goals app, a continence goal-selection app for children with spina bifida.Journal of pediatric urology · 2024Article
- Usability and usefulness of (electronic) patient identification systems-A cross-sectional evaluation in German-speaking radiation oncology departments.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2024Article
- Utility and usability of a wearable system and progressive-challenge cued exercise program for encouraging use of the more involved arm at-home after stroke-a feasibility study with case reports.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- A Physical Activity and Diet Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure: The myBPmyLife Study Rationale and Design.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Validation of two novel human activity recognition models for typically developing children and children with Cerebral Palsy.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of e-health can lead to several positive outcomes. However, the potential for e-health to improve healthcare is partially dependent on its ease of use. In order to determine the usability for any technology, rigorously developed and appropriate measures must be chosen.
objectivesTo identify psychometrically tested questionnaires that measure usability of e-health tools, and to appraise their generalizability, attributes coverage, and quality.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of studies that measured usability of e-health tools using four databases (Scopus, PubMed, CINAHL, and HAPI). Non-primary research, studies that did not report measures, studies with children or people with cognitive limitations, and studies about assistive devices or medical equipment were systematically excluded. Two authors independently extracted information including: questionnaire name, number of questions, scoring method, item generation, and psychometrics using a data extraction tool with pre-established categories and a quality appraisal scoring table.
resultsUsing a broad search strategy, 5,558 potentially relevant papers were identified. After removing duplicates and applying exclusion criteria, 35 articles remained that used 15 unique questionnaires. From the 15 questionnaires, only 5 were general enough to be used across studies. Usability attributes covered by the questionnaires were: learnability (15), efficiency (12), and satisfaction (11). Memorability (1) was the least covered attribute. Quality appraisal showed that face/content (14) and construct (7) validity were the most frequent types of validity assessed. All questionnaires reported reliability measurement. Some questionnaires scored low in the quality appraisal for the following reasons: limited validity testing (7), small sample size (3), no reporting of user centeredness (9) or feasibility estimates of time, effort, and expense (7).
conclusionsExisting questionnaires provide a foundation for research on e-health usability. However, future research is needed to broaden the coverage of the usability attributes and psychometric properties of the available questionnaires.
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