Measuring the usability of home healthcare devices

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dc.contributor.advisorKortum, Philip T.en_US
dc.creatorGao, Meien_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T20:09:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-16T20:09:50Zen_US
dc.date.created2017-08en_US
dc.date.issued2017-12-13en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T20:09:50Zen_US
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.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
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>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105479en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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.en_US
dc.subjectUsabilityen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare Deviceen_US
dc.subjectSurveyen_US
dc.subjectLab testingen_US
dc.titleMeasuring the usability of home healthcare devicesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.majorHuman Factors/Human-Computer Interactionen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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