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Background
Due to the increasing rate of the burn injuries and a limited number of specialized treatment centers, providing medical advice and medical care at the point of need is necessary. The aim of the present study was to design and implement a teleburn system to enhance the quality of care for the burn patients.
Methods
This study was comple...
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... patient data, such as address, the name of workplace, place of birth, marital status, father's name, and education level were found "unnecessary" by the majority of the participants. Table 1 demonstrates required data elements and system features which were found "necessary" by at least 60% of the participants. The prototype of the system was designed by using PHP programming language and based on the results derived from the first phase of the study. ...
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... Self-management requires special skills and trainings in different situations [8]. It has been recognized as a sustainable and low-cost intervention and can have a major impact on the public health. ...
Background:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammation of the central nervous system and self-management is necessary for MS patients. The purpose of the present study was to develop a smartphone-based application for self-management in multiple sclerosis.
Methods:
This research was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, users' requirements were investigated by using a questionnaire. The participants were 120 MS patients and six neurologists. In the second phase, a prototype of the application was designed and its usability was evaluated by using QUIS questionnaire.
Results:
Most of the proposed educational content, data elements, and the application functions, such as medication time reminder, assessing the severity of fatigue, and calculating the score of the Fatigue Severity Scale were found necessary to be included in the application. Finally, the usability of the application was evaluated by the users and the average of mean values was 7.6 out of 9 which indicated a "good" level of user satisfaction.
Conclusions:
The application designed in this study was able to collect patient data and facilitated consulting physicians at the point of need. It is expected that the patients' quality of life and health status can be improved by using this application. However, more research is required to investigate the efficiency and effectiveness of this application in terms of reducing the number of visits to the medical centers, improving self-management skills of MS patients and their quality of life.
... The final list of articles showed that the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire (TUQ) (n = 10, 19%) [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and Telemedicine Satisfaction Questionnaire (TSQ) (n = 7, 13%) [20][21][22][23][24][25][26] were the most commonly used. Then, the Service User Technology Acceptability Questionnaire (SUTAQ) (n = 3, 5.5%) [27][28][29], the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) (n = 3, 5.5%) [30][31][32], the Questionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction (QUIS) (n = 3, 5.5%) [33][34][35], the System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire (n = 3, 5.5%) [36][37][38], the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) (n = 3, 5.5%) [22,39,40], the Telemedicine Satisfaction and Usefulness Questionnaire (TSUQ) (n = 2, 3.5%) [41,42], the Patient Assessment of Communication during Telemedicine (PACT) questionnaire (n = 2, 3.5%) [43,44], the Post Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ) (n = 2, 3.5%) [19,45] and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (n = 2, 3.5%) [46,47] were the most used questionnaires, respectively. The rest of the articles had used other questionnaires (n = 18, 34%) [14,19,46,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62] and 4 articles had used more than one questionnaire. ...
Background
Questionnaires are commonly used tools in telemedicine services that can help to evaluate different aspects. Selecting the ideal questionnaire for this purpose may be challenging for researchers. This study aims to review which questionnaires are used to evaluate telemedicine services in the studies, which are most common, and what aspects of telemedicine evaluation do they capture.
Methods
The PubMed database was searched in August 2020 to retrieve articles. Data extracted from the final list of articles included author/year of publication, journal of publication, type of evaluation, and evaluation questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results
Fifty-three articles were included in this study. The questionnaire was used for evaluating the satisfaction (49%), usability (34%), acceptance (11.5%), and implementation (2%) of telemedicine services. Among telemedicine specific questionnaires, Telehealth Usability Questionnaire (TUQ) (19%), Telemedicine Satisfaction Questionnaire (TSQ) (13%), and Service User Technology Acceptability Questionnaire (SUTAQ) (5.5%), were respectively most frequently used in the collected articles. Other most used questionnaires generally used for evaluating the users’ satisfaction, usability, and acceptance of technology were Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) (5.5%), Questionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction (QUIS) (5.5%), System Usability Scale (SUS) (5.5%), Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) (5.5%), and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (3.5%) respectively.
Conclusion
Employing specifically designed questionnaires or designing a new questionnaire with fewer questions and more comprehensiveness in terms of the issues studied provides a better evaluation. Attention to user needs, end-user acceptance, and implementation processes, along with users' satisfaction and usability evaluation, may optimize telemedicine efforts in the future.
... Furthermore, selection of a treatment plan for patients with breast cancer is based on many factors, including the extent and location of the tumor (number and extent of lymph node involvement, number of lesions, size and location of the primary tumor), as well as age, patient's general health status, and patient's preferences (33). Therefore, the required data elements for the telemedicine system were identified by investigating the clinical guidelines and reviewing the medical records of patients with breast tionnaire for receiving the users' opinions (11,12,48,49). However, for identifying the required data elements, this study scrutinized the latest clinical guidelines related to breast cancer and reviewed the medical records of patients with breast cancer, who received different treatment plans. ...
Background: Teleoncology refers to the use of telemedicine for remotely providing multiple specialized services in clinical oncology processes, including screening, diagnosis, treatment planning, consultation, supportive care, pathology, surgery, and follow-up services. Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the required data elements and elicitation of requirements for developing a telemedicine system that aims at providing treatment plans for patients with breast cancer. Methods: In this study, the required data elements for the teleoncology system were identified through both the investigation of clinical guidelines and review of patients' medical records. Identified data elements were determined by breast cancer specialists through the questionnaire. Besides, an interview method was applied to elicit the requirements of this system. Results: The identified data elements were categorized into 20 groups (e.g., clinical data, breast physical examinations, pathological results, tests, imaging results, etc.). From the 182 data elements included within the questionnaire, 125 were recognized to be necessary (n = 32, 100%). The lowest mean percentage were observed in magnesium blood test (Mg) (n = 21, 65.63%) and protein test (Pr) (n = 21, 65.63%). Other data elements with a minimum mean of 71.87% and a maximum mean of 100% were recognized necessary. In general, 2 major themes, 9 categories, and 45 related sub-categories were extracted from analyzing the findings of the interviews related to the system requirements. Conclusions: The findings of the present study can be used as a basis for developing teleoncology systems that aim at providing treatment plans for patients with breast cancer.
... It included six parts (30 questions): the participants' characteristics (3 questions), overall reaction to the application (6 questions), screen design and layout (4 questions), terminology and educational content (6 questions), learning capabilities (6 questions), and the overall functions of the application (5 questions). The validity and reliability of the questionnaire had been approved in the previous studies (α = 0.94), [32][33][34] and in the current study, the reliability was (α = 93.0). To carry out data analysis in the second phase of the study, mean values were calculated for each section of the questionnaire and the results were reported at three levels of "weak" (0-3), "average" (3.1-6), and "good" (6.1-9). ...
Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which is highly prevalent among hospitalized burn patients. Among screening tools, the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) is a reliable tool. This study aimed to develop a mobile-based application for assessing and diagnosing delirium in burn patients by using ICDSC. This research consisted of three phases. Initially, a questionnaire was designed and users’ requirements were identified. The participants were 10 psychiatrists and 51 nurses. Then, a mobile application was designed based on the results derived from the first phase of the study and the usability of the application was evaluated by using a standard questionnaire. Finally, the rate of agreement between the nurses’ and physiatrists’ diagnoses made by using or not using the application was calculated. The application included educational content about delirium for nurses, patient data, and some functions. The results of the usability evaluation showed that the application was at a “good” level from the users’ perspectives and the rate of agreement between the nurses’ and physiatrists’ diagnoses made by using the application was higher than not using it. The application designed in the current study can help to improve the knowledge of nurses, in particular younger nurses regarding delirium. Moreover, making diagnosis based on the results of a delirium assessment tool is more accurate than relying on nursing experience. Finally, timely diagnosis of delirium can help to improve patient management and quality of care, reduce the duration of hospitalization and decrease the mortality rate and costs.
... Some of the studies designed using Telemedicine intervention had used QUIS's questionnaire to evaluate the system's usability and patient satisfaction [19]. Chin et al. in 1988 designed a questionnaire for user interaction satisfaction. ...
Introduction:
Telehealth has a high potential for delivering healthcare by overcoming the geographical distance, increased access to care, and efficiency. To obtain the potential benefits of telehealth, this system should be usable to the patients and healthcare providers. The aim of this study was to report a new comprehensive tool for assessing the usability of telehealth services and systems, covering different aspects of usability.
Method:
We searched the keywords, such as telemedicine, telehealth, usability, satisfaction, questionnaires, and evaluation in Google, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar from 1988 to 2019. All the studies that used the Telehealth services and computer& information technology evaluation tools were included.
Result:
We identified 204 items and extracted 10 criteria that were classified into two categories. The first category is system usability, which includes Efficiency, Memorability, Learnability, Usefulness, and Satisfaction. Second category system reliability, included Interaction, Interface design, Saving, System capabilities, and Getting rid of Errors. This tool consider many aspects of telehealth service evaluation from the usability aspect.
Conclusion:
Further studies are warranted to evaluate other aspects of Telehealth services and measuring reliability so that researchers can have access to a comprehensive tool for assessing interventions in the field of Telemedicine and Telehealth.
