Development and Usability Evaluation of a Desktop Software Application for Pain Assessment in Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain assessment is a key component of pain management and research in infants. We developed software to assist in coding of pain in infants called PAiN (Pain Assessment in Neonates).

Aims

The aims of this study were to evaluate the usability of PAiN in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction among novice and expert users and to compare the efficiency and satisfaction of PAiN to existing software for coding of infant pain among expert users.

Methods

A quantitative usability testing approach was conducted with two participant groups, representing novice and expert end-users. Testing included an observed session with each participant completing a pain assessment coding task, followed by administration of the Post Study System Usability Questionnai

SUBMITTER: Hundert AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8730649 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature