Presentation of laboratory test results in patient portals: influence of interface design on risk interpretation and visual search behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient portals are considered valuable instruments for self-management of long term conditions, however, there are concerns over how patients might interpret and act on the clinical information they access. We hypothesized that visual cues improve patients' abilities to correctly interpret laboratory test results presented through patient portals. We also assessed, by applying eye-tracking methods, the relationship between risk interpretation and visual search behaviour.

Methods

We conducted a controlled study with 20 kidney transplant patients. Participants viewed three different graphical presentations in each of low, medium, and high risk clinical scenarios composed of results for 28 laboratory tests. After viewing each clinical scenario, patients were asked h

SUBMITTER: Fraccaro P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809992 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature