Visualization of Data Regarding Infections Using Eye Tracking Techniques.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate ease of use and usefulness for nurses of visualizations of infectious disease transmission in a hospital.

Design

An observational study was used to evaluate perceptions of several visualizations of data extracted from electronic health records designed using a participatory approach. Twelve nurses in the master's program in an urban research-intensive nursing school participated in May 2015.

Methods

A convergent parallel mixed method was used to evaluate nurses' perceptions on ease of use and usefulness of five visualization conveying trends in hospital infection transmission applying think-aloud, interview, and eye-tracking techniques.

Findings

Subjective data from the interview and think-aloud techniques indicated that participants prefe

SUBMITTER: Yoon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4939395 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature