Scoping review of health information technology usability methods leveraged in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore the state of health information technology (HIT) usability evaluation in Africa.

Materials and methods

We searched three electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, and Association for Computing Machinery. We categorized the stage of evaluations, the type of interactions assessed, and methods applied using Stead's System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Bennett and Shackel's usability models.

Results

Analysis of 73 of 1002 articles that met inclusion criteria reveals that HIT usability evaluations in Africa have increased in recent years and mainly focused on later SDLC stage (stages 4 and 5) evaluations in sub-Saharan Africa. Forty percent of the articles examined system-user-task-environment (type 4) interactions. Most artic

SUBMITTER: Dougherty K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018268 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature