Effect of Prior Health Knowledge on the Usability of Two Home Medical Devices: Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on the usability of health care devices are becoming more common, although usability standards are not necessarily specified and followed. Yet, there is little knowledge about the impact of the context of use on the usability outcome. It is specified in the usability standard (ISO 9241-11, 2018) of a device that it may be affected by its context of use and especially by the characteristics of its users. Among these, prior health knowledge (ie, knowledge about human body functioning) is crucial. However, no study has shown that prior health knowledge influences the usability of medical devices.

Objective

Our study aimed to fill this gap by analyzing the relationship between the usability of two home medical devices (soon to be used in the context of ambulat

SUBMITTER: Chaniaud N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536595 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature