Measuring the usability of home healthcare devices

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dc.contributor.advisorKortum, Philip T.
dc.creatorGao, Mei
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T20:09:50Z
dc.date.available2019-05-16T20:09:50Z
dc.date.created2017-08
dc.date.issued2017-12-13
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T20:09:50Z
dc.description.abstractAs the trend of home-delivered healthcare grows, the number of healthcare devices being utilized in the home setting also increases greatly, but the usability of these devices has not been examined systematically. Although usability testing is regarded as the standard practice of usability assessment, it may not be as cost-effective as alternative methods such as retrospective measures. This study collected data for healthcare devices from a usability test and a retrospective survey. Four measures including the ISO 9241-11 metrics of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction (ISO, 1998), and the System Usability Scale (SUS, Brooke, 1996) scores were compared between methods. Despite the inconsistency in effectiveness and efficiency with the usability test, the retrospective survey generated assessments that differentiated between devices. Retrospective assessments may thus be useful for comparative evaluations of medical devices, but cannot substitute standard usability tests for collecting objective usability data.
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dc.identifier.citationGao, Mei. "Measuring the usability of home healthcare devices." (2017) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105479">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105479</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105479
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.subjectUsability
dc.subjectHealthcare Device
dc.subjectSurvey
dc.subjectLab testing
dc.titleMeasuring the usability of home healthcare devices
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.majorHuman Factors/Human-Computer Interaction
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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