scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MOBILE APPLICATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL RISKS IN NURSING WORK

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Nice Gama ◽  
Cláudia Mara de Melo Tavares
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Usability Assessment ◽  
Hospital Units ◽  
Informational Technology ◽  
Production Study ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Computer Professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop a multi-platform mobile application for the prevention of musculoskeletal risk factors related to nursing work in a hospital unit and to evaluate the usability criteria with nurses and computer professionals. Method: technological production study for the development of a mobile application, following the phases of software engineering: analysis of requirements, design and specification, construction, internal tests, maintenance and external evaluation. The product was evaluated for usability by nurses from public hospital units in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The System Usability Scale instrument was used for the evaluation of the nurses and the instrument of heuristics of compliance of digital interfaces was used with the informational technology professionals. The application development period lasted from November 2017 to March 2018 and the usability assessment from March to May 2018. Results: the evaluation data showed that the application shows agreement and compliance with the principles of usability in the criteria of effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction, however, the evaluators suggest that the application's functionalities should be simplified. Conclusion: the application was designed as a care strategy for the nursing professional, considering the musculoskeletal risks which they are exposed to in their professional activities. The development and evaluation methods were satisfactory and the proposed objectives were achieved.

scholarly journals PNSCares: The android based mobile application to manage student complaints

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1276-1283
Author(s):  
N. Illias ◽  
N. H. Abdul Hamid ◽  
Z. A. Shaffiei
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Complaint Handling ◽  
Development Life Cycle ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
System Usability ◽  
Mobile Application Development

Managing the complaint is tough to handle, efficient response to the complaints from the customer can be an indicator to measure an organization’s performance. We’ve chosen Politeknik Nilai as one of the institutions that are facing daily complaints from the students and parents. Currently, they are using the manual form to lodge a complaint and receive the feedback via email. In this study, we developed an android based mobile application to manage the students’ complaint. With mobile apps, the management can prevent the loss of complaint forms and keep track of the records. This system will send feedback and notification directly via students’ mobile phone. This study referred to the ten principles for effective complaint handling by Ombudsman. We only referred to eight principles to construct the PNSCares. The methodology used to develop mobile apps is using the Mobile Application Development Life Cycle (MADLC). System Usability Scale (SUS) is used to measure the effectiveness of the mobile apps. The feedbacks from ten respondents on the PNSCares prototype are good with 72 scores in SUS for perceived usefulness and ease of use factor. Based on the result, the prototype is effective and easy to use.

scholarly journals Early Development and Design of Crowdsourcing Agriculture Mobile Application for Lambsquarters

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianna Posadas ◽  
Mamatha Hanumappa ◽  
Juan Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Average Score ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Ground Truth Data ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Made In

As big data has become increasingly necessary in modern farming techniques, the dependence on high quality and quantity of ground truth data has risen. Collecting ground truth data is one of the most labor-intensive aspects of the research process. A crowdsourcing platform application to aid lay people in completing ground truth data can improve the quality and quantity of data for growers and agricultural researchers. In this study, a user-centered design process was used to develop a prototype of a mobile application which will teach people how to classify certain characteristics of lambsquarters in the District of Columbia. Focus group results demonstrated that the greatest motivation for the participants was having opportunities to develop their skills and access to educational resources. From the focus groups, design personas were created and wireframe prototypes were produced. The prototypes were evaluated by users using the System Usability Scale and qualitative feedback. The design received an average score of 75.95, which indicates an acceptable design. From the feedback of the users, improvements to the design were made in the mobile application development of the system.

scholarly journals Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krongkarn Sutham ◽  
Pattaraporn Khuwuthyakorn ◽  
Orawit Thinnukool
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Reliability Test ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Medical Volunteers

Abstract Background : Before admitting patients into the emergency department, the pre-hospital process is important both in terms of treatment performance and requesting resources from an emergency unit. The existing system to triage patients in Thailand is not functioning optimally in either the primary medical system or pre-hospital treatment. Areas that contain shortcomings include speed, features, and appropriate systems. There is a high possibility of misrepresenting false Initial Dispatch Code (IDC) which causes over or under utilizing emergency resources, such as rescue teams, community hospitals and emergency medical volunteers. Methods : In the application development, usability system design has been applied together with system reliability test, to optimize the pre-hospital processes specifically to sort patients by using IDC improving request for emergency resources. The development of a triage mobile application has been conducted on both iOS and Android operating systems to support patient triage based on the Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD). The 25 main symptom categories covered by CBD were used to design and develop the application, and 12 emergency medical staff including doctors and nurses were subjected to test the system in the following aspects: triage protocol correction, triage reliability, usability and user satisfaction. Results : The application development result shows the comparison between the proposed triage application and staff experience. The triage reliability test implies that the time used to triage by experienced staff, in non-trauma cases, is slower than using the application. For the usability test, the result shows that the application functions are more effective in the emergency operations and correction of IDC code representation. Conclusions : The triage application will be utilized to support the pre-hospital process and to classify patient conditions before admitting patients to the Emergency Department (ED). The application is suitable for users who are not medical emergency staff. Patients with non-trauma symptoms may be a suitable group to use the application in terms of time used to identify IDC for their own symptoms. In terms of application use, it can provide benefits to those who want to self-identify their symptoms before requesting medical services.

scholarly journals HelloCare: APLIKASI MANAJEMEN PENGETAHUAN BERBASIS ANDROID UNTUK TENAGA KESEHATAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Herika Hayurani ◽  
Hamnah Hamnah ◽  
Ummi Azizah Rachmawati ◽  
Elan Suherlan
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Health Area ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Nurses And Physicians ◽  
Management Functions

Technology Development in the health sector is one of the main targets in mobile application development today. Sharing knowledge and experience among health workers are challenging to implement because of the lack of a place to exchange their ideas. Based on this background, we built a HelloCare application on the Android platform as an application of knowledge management for health workers. Testing of the application using the System Usability Scale (SUS) to 30 respondents consisting of nurses and physicians, the result of effectiveness is 80.88% as for satisfaction is 96.16%. We also test the application using knowledge management functions and get the average result at score 3.33871 of 5. It means that the HelloCare application is good enough to support knowledge management in the health area. Keywords: knowledge management, mobile application, health workers

scholarly journals A mobile app as an educational and motivational tool for adolescents in orthodontic practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 04-13
Author(s):  
Ana Patrícia Broxado Schettini Barretto ◽  
Silvia Vedovello ◽  
Heloisa Cristina Valdrighi ◽  
Marcelo Meneghim ◽  
Milton Santamaria-Jr
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Orthodontic Patients ◽  
Comparative Statistical Analysis

Objective: To evaluate the acceptance of the mobile application (“app”) by adolescents in orthodontic treatment for a better applicability of this resource. Methods: Ninety orthodontic patients, aged between 13 and 17, of both sexes, used an application, chosen for presenting a Portuguese version and reaching the target audience. Then they registered their acceptance through the SUS (System Usability Scale) questionnaire, which measures user satisfaction through ease of use of the application, with its Satisfaction and Usability Indexes. The findings were subjected to descriptive and comparative statistical analysis using the Kruskal Wallis and Dunn test, adopting a significance level of 5%. Results: The application presented the above-average Satisfaction and Usability Index (79.1). The domain (quality component) with the highest index was "Learnability" (85,3), in relation to "Efficiency" (79,0), "Satisfaction" (76,0), "Memorability" (72,2) and "Errors" (71,4) (p≤0,05). Conclusion: Mobile app was accepted by adolescents in orthodontic treatment due to the ease and speed that it was used. However, its acceptance was negatively influenced by the reported frequency of use. Therefore, its application as an educational and motivational tool in clinical practice is suggested, as long as the different aspects that involve its best applicability are considered.

scholarly journals Development and usability testing of mobile application on diet and oral health

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257035
Author(s):  
Noor Akmal Muhamat ◽  
Ruhaya Hasan ◽  
Norkhafizah Saddki ◽  
Muhammad Rafie Mohd Arshad ◽  
Mokhtarrudin Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
School Children ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
System Development ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Concept Generation ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Application Development ◽  
System Usability Scale

In several nations, caries in pre-school children remain a significant oral health issue. In an outbreak period such as the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), remote contact and education aimed at the prevention of oral diseases and the preservation of children’s oral health are more relevant than ever. Currently, the amount of published applications is far higher than the published scientific studies while the problems of usability remains vulnerable. The goal of this paper was to comprehensively document the phase of development and usability testing of a mobile application for diet and oral health, namely Gigiku Sihat, which was primarily intended to be used by parents and guardians of pre-school children. The mobile application was developed using the System Development Life Cycle principle. Apart from searching for the available oral health application on Android platform, the initial requirement gathering process consisted of situational analysis, concept generation, content development, and features and functional requirement determination. The mobile application design and implementation evolved at each phase before being finalised. Gigiku Sihat was successfully developed in the Bahasa Malaysia. Finalised Gigiku Sihat was installed on mobile devices to determine the usability using translated and validated System Usability Scale questionnaire namely Skala Kebolehgunaan Aplikasi Mudah Alih (SKAMA). The mean score usability with score of 68 and above was deemed to have good usability. This study found that Gigiku Sihat mean (SD) usability score was 77.0 (14.18). The results were promising as they showed that Gigiku Sihat had a good usability. Thus, the development of this mobile application focusing on diet and oral health served as a new source of oral health education and provided a necessary foundation in developing future improved mobile application development for parents in the prevention of early childhood caries.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the usability of a mobile application in early detection of pediatric cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heloíza Gabrielly de Oliveira Cavalcanti ◽  
Magaly Bushatsky ◽  
Mariana Boulitreau Siqueira Campos Barros ◽  
Chardsongeicyca Maria Correia da Silva Melo ◽  
Antonio Jorge Ferreira Delgado Filho
Keyword(s):  
Early Detection ◽  
Pediatric Cancer ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
The Social ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Spss Software

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the usability of a mobile application for early detection of pediatric cancer. Method A descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, evaluating the usability of the application “Fique Atento, pode ser câncer” by 19 oncology nurses at the Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the validated System Usability Scale questionnaire. For analysis, Microsoft Excel and the support of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software were used. Results Through the application of the SUS questionnaire, the total value of the averages of all scores was 91.58%, the satisfaction rate was 88.6% and the efficiency rate 91.2%. Discussion The data demonstrated that the application has agreement and compliance with the principles of usability in the criteria of effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction. Final considerations The application brings an important contribution to expand the construction and validation of technological tools that align both theoretical and practical knowledge.

A Tracer Study of ICT Graduate Students at Mzuzu University, Malawi

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chimango Nyasulu ◽  
Winner Chawinga ◽  
George Chipeta
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
First Century ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

Governments the world over are increasingly challenging universities to produce human resources with the right skills sets and knowledge required to drive their economies in this twenty-first century. It therefore becomes important for universities to produce graduates that bring tangible and meaningful contributions to the economies. Graduate tracer studies are hailed to be one of the ways in which universities can respond and reposition themselves to the actual needs of the industry. It is against this background that this study was conducted to establish the relevance of the Department of Information and Communication Technology at Mzuzu University to the Malawian economy by systematically investigating occupations of its former students after graduating from the University. The study adopted a quantitative design by distributing an online-based questionnaire with predominantly closed-ended questions. The study focused on three key objectives: to identify key employing sectors of ICT graduates, to gauge the relevance of the ICT programme to its former students’ jobs and businesses, and to establish the level of satisfaction of the ICT curriculum from the perspectives of former ICT graduates. The key findings from the study are that the ICT programme is relevant to the industry. However, some respondents were of the view that the curriculum should be strengthened by revising it through an addition of courses such as Mobile Application Development, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, and LINUX Administration to keep abreast with the ever-changing ICT trends and job requirements. The study strongly recommends the need for regular reviews of the curriculum so that it is continually responding to and matches the needs of the industry.

Development of “My Retainers” mobile application: Triangulation of two qualitative methods (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalya Al-Moghrabi ◽  
Fiorella Beatriz Colonio-Salazar ◽  
Ama Johal ◽  
Padhraig Seamus Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Patient Experiences ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Participant Preferences ◽  
Orthodontic Retainers ◽  
Purposive Sample

BACKGROUND Diligent wear of removable orthodontic retainers requires prolonged compliance and is invariably necessary to preserve optimal results. Patient-informed behaviour-change interventions represent a promising and novel means of enhancing compliance with retainer wear. OBJECTIVE To describe the development of a patient-informed mobile application aimed to enhance retainer wear. METHODS Four aspects were considered during mobile application development: participant preferences; analysis of publicly-available retainer-related posts on Twitter; available interventions; and behaviour-change theories. Audio-recorded one-to-one interviews were conducted with a subset of participants to account for patient preferences in terms of features, design and content. A criterion-based purposive sample of participants wearing vacuum-formed retainers for at least 4 years was used. Thematic analysis of transcribed data was undertaken. RESULTS The need to facilitate communication with the treating clinician, responsive reminder and tracking systems, and access to useful and engaging written and visual information, in addition to other personalised and interactive features were considered important. Concerns related to retainer wear shared on Twitter informed an exhaustive list of frequently-asked questions. Application features were mapped to relevant theoretical constructs. Determinants of existing behavioural change theories were used to link application features to expected outcomes. CONCLUSIONS A holistic process involving both patient and professional input can be useful in informing the development of mobile applications. The orthodontic application (“My Retainers”) will undergo further scrutiny in relation to its effectiveness in inducing behavioural change and concerning patient experiences prior to finalisation.

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