scholarly journals Development and Validation of UCD-11: An 11-item Measure of User-Centered Design for Patient-Centered Tools

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Witteman ◽  
Gratianne Vaisson ◽  
Thierry Provencher ◽  
Selma Chipenda Dansokho ◽  
Heather Colquhoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
User Centered

Background: Researchers developing health-related tools for patients and families employ a range of approaches to involve prospective users in design and development.Objective: To develop a validated measure of the human- or user-centeredness of design and development processes for patient-centered tools.Design: Cross-sectional data from a previous systematic review of the design and development processes of 348 tools.Methods: Using a conceptual framework of user-centered design, our team of patients, caregivers, health professionals, tool developers, and researchers analyzed how specific practices in tool design and development might be combined and used as a measure. We prioritized variables according to their importance within the conceptual framework and validated the resultant measure using principal component analysis with Varimax rotation, classical item analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis.Results: We retained 11 items in a 3-factor structure explaining 68% of the variance in the data. Cronbach’s alpha was .72. Confirmatory factor analysis supported our hypothesis of a latent construct of user-centeredness. Items were whether or not: (1) patient, family, caregiver or surrogate users were involved in steps to understand users or (2) develop a prototype, (3) asked their opinions, (4) observed using the tool, or (5) involved in steps intended to evaluate the tool, (6) the process had three or more iterative cycles, (7) changes between cycles were explicitly reported, (8) health professionals were asked their opinion, (9) consulted before a first prototype was developed or (10) between initial and final prototypes, and (11) a panel of other experts was involved.Conclusion: The measure UCD-11 may be used to quantitatively document the user- and human-centeredness of design and development processes of patient-centered tools. By building an evidence base about such processes, we can help ensure that tools are adapted to the people who will use them, rather than requiring people to adapt to tools.

scholarly journals An 11-Item Measure of User- and Human-Centered Design for Personal Health Tools (UCD-11): Development and Validation

10.2196/15032 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. e15032
Author(s):  
Holly O Witteman ◽  
Gratianne Vaisson ◽  
Thierry Provencher ◽  
Selma Chipenda Dansokho ◽  
Heather Colquhoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
User Centered

Background Researchers developing personal health tools employ a range of approaches to involve prospective users in design and development. Objective The aim of this paper was to develop a validated measure of the human- or user-centeredness of design and development processes for personal health tools. Methods We conducted a psychometric analysis of data from a previous systematic review of the design and development processes of 348 personal health tools. Using a conceptual framework of user-centered design, our team of patients, caregivers, health professionals, tool developers, and researchers analyzed how specific practices in tool design and development might be combined and used as a measure. We prioritized variables according to their importance within the conceptual framework and validated the resultant measure using principal component analysis with Varimax rotation, classical item analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis. Results We retained 11 items in a 3-factor structure explaining 68% of the variance in the data. The Cronbach alpha was .72. Confirmatory factor analysis supported our hypothesis of a latent construct of user-centeredness. Items were whether or not: (1) patient, family, caregiver, or surrogate users were involved in the steps that help tool developers understand users or (2) develop a prototype, (3) asked their opinions, (4) observed using the tool or (5) involved in steps intended to evaluate the tool, (6) the process had 3 or more iterative cycles, (7) changes between cycles were explicitly reported, (8) health professionals were asked their opinion and (9) consulted before the first prototype was developed or (10) between initial and final prototypes, and (11) a panel of other experts was involved. Conclusions The User-Centered Design 11-item measure (UCD-11) may be used to quantitatively document the user/human-centeredness of design and development processes of patient-centered tools. By building an evidence base about such processes, we can help ensure that tools are adapted to people who will use them, rather than requiring people to adapt to tools.

scholarly journals An 11-Item Measure of User- and Human-Centered Design for Personal Health Tools (UCD-11): Development and Validation (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly O Witteman ◽  
Gratianne Vaisson ◽  
Thierry Provencher ◽  
Selma Chipenda Dansokho ◽  
Heather Colquhoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
User Centered

BACKGROUND Researchers developing personal health tools employ a range of approaches to involve prospective users in design and development. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper was to develop a validated measure of the human- or user-centeredness of design and development processes for personal health tools. METHODS We conducted a psychometric analysis of data from a previous systematic review of the design and development processes of 348 personal health tools. Using a conceptual framework of user-centered design, our team of patients, caregivers, health professionals, tool developers, and researchers analyzed how specific practices in tool design and development might be combined and used as a measure. We prioritized variables according to their importance within the conceptual framework and validated the resultant measure using principal component analysis with Varimax rotation, classical item analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS We retained 11 items in a 3-factor structure explaining 68% of the variance in the data. The Cronbach alpha was .72. Confirmatory factor analysis supported our hypothesis of a latent construct of user-centeredness. Items were whether or not: (1) patient, family, caregiver, or surrogate users were involved in the steps that help tool developers understand users or (2) develop a prototype, (3) asked their opinions, (4) observed using the tool or (5) involved in steps intended to evaluate the tool, (6) the process had 3 or more iterative cycles, (7) changes between cycles were explicitly reported, (8) health professionals were asked their opinion and (9) consulted before the first prototype was developed or (10) between initial and final prototypes, and (11) a panel of other experts was involved. CONCLUSIONS The User-Centered Design 11-item measure (UCD-11) may be used to quantitatively document the user/human-centeredness of design and development processes of patient-centered tools. By building an evidence base about such processes, we can help ensure that tools are adapted to people who will use them, rather than requiring people to adapt to tools.

scholarly journals User-centered design of discharge warnings tool for colorectal surgery patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 975-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aanand D Naik ◽  
Molly J Horstman ◽  
Linda T Li ◽  
Michael K Paasche-Orlow ◽  
Bryan Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Surgery ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Heuristic Evaluation ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Post Discharge ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Discharge Care ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Grade Reading Level ◽  
User Centered

Abstract Objectives: Readmission following colorectal surgery, typically due to surgery-related complications, is common. Patient-centered discharge warnings may guide recognition of early complication signs after colorectal surgery. Materials and Methods: User-centered design of a discharge warnings tool consisted of iterative health literacy review and a heuristic evaluation with human factors and clinical experts as well as patient end users to establish content validity and usability. Results: Literacy evaluation of the prototype suggested >12th-grade reading level. Subsequent revisions reduced reading level to 8th grade or below. Contents were formatted during heuristic evaluation into 3 action-oriented zones (green, yellow, and red) with relevant warning lexicons. Usability testing demonstrated comprehension of this 3-level lexicon and recognition of appropriate patient actions to take for each level. Discussion: We developed a discharge warnings tool for colorectal surgery using staged user-centered design. The lexicon of surgical discharge warnings could structure communication among patients, caregivers, and clinicians to improve post-discharge care.

scholarly journals THE STRESSORS AMONG AMBULANCE NURSES DURING EMERGENCY RESPONSESAT OIL & GAS INDUSTRIAL CITIESIN QATAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 566-572
Author(s):  
Syafirin Abdullah ◽  
◽  
Kohar Sulistiyadi ◽  
Aman Mufit ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Services ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Job Stressors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Industrial Cities ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Student Version ◽  
Emergency Responses ◽  
Oil Gas

The previous literatures and studies told us workers in Emergency Services such as Paramedics and Ambulance Nurses face high risk of stress. One of the reason is the stressors they encounter during Emergency Responses. The aim of this study is to investigate various stressors face by Ambulance Nurses during Emergency Responses in Industrial Cities of Oil and Gascompanies in Qatar. This study is Descriptive Explorative and Verificative with design of Cross Sectional. There are 125 Ambulance Nurses Employees in this Industrial Cities included in this project. The research were conducted between June-September 2019. An total 100 Ambulance Nurses responded to the study and were analyzed using Principal Component Analysis with Software SPSS Trial Version. The Result of PCA reanalyzed with Confirmatory Factor with Software of Amos 24.The result of PCA revealed there are 23 stressors encountered by Ambulance Nurses during Emergency Responses which contains of 3 dimensions such as Internal, External and Environment. The aforementioned result of PCA reanalyzed with Confirmatory Factor Analysis using Software Amos student version yielded CMIN/DF=1,521, GFI=0,821, RSMEA=0,073. Conclusion: The finding suggest that Ambulance Nurses faced Multiple Job Stressors while responding Emergency Calls.The Instrument of The Sources Ambulance Nurses Stress during Emergency Responses to have adequate Validity and Reliability.

A Conceptual Framework for the Design and Development of Automated Online Condition Monitoring System for Elevators (AOCMSE) Using IoT

2019 ◽  
pp. 189-207
Author(s):  
M. S. Starvin ◽  
A. Sherly Alphonse
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Vibration Data ◽  
Vibration Sensors ◽  
Traction Motors ◽  
Condition Monitoring System ◽  
Learning Machine

The reliability of an elevator system in a smart city is of great importance. This chapter develops a conceptual framework for the design and development of an automated online condition monitoring system for elevators (AOCMSE) using IoT techniques to avoid failures. The elevators are powered by the traction motors. Therefore, by placing vibration sensors at various locations within the traction motor, the vibration data can be acquired and converted to 2D grayscale images. Then, maximum response-based directional texture pattern (MRDTP) can be applied to those images which are an advanced method of feature extraction. The feature vectors can also be reduced in dimension using principal component analysis (PCA) and then given to extreme learning machine (ELM) for the classification of the faults to five categories. Thus, the failure of elevators and the consequences can be prevented by sending this detected fault information to the maintenance team.

scholarly journals 2019 Product Design Technical Group: Stanley Caplan User-Centered Product Design Award

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1147-1148
Author(s):  
Adam Shames ◽  
Kathleen Kremer
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Special Session ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Award Program ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
User Centered

The Product Design Technical Group (PDTG) presented its 18th annual User-Centered Product Design Award. The award recognized excellence in both product design and in the methods used to specify and achieve the design. This special session consisted of presentation of the award to the winners and the winners’ presentation about the design and development of the product. The award is named after Stanley Caplan, an HFES fellow, for all his efforts and accomplishments over the years at promoting the importance of user-centered design and research within industry and mentoring others to do the same. The Product Design Technical Group (PDTG) continued its successful award program in 2019 by sponsoring the 18th annual user-centered product design competition. Over the years, the Award has honored a wide variety of products and companies.

scholarly journals Design and Customization of Telemedicine Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia I. Martínez-Alcalá ◽  
Mirna Muñoz ◽  
Josep Monguet-Fierro
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Rehabilitation Therapy ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
User Centered

In recent years, the advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have resulted in the development of systems and applications aimed at supporting rehabilitation therapy that contributes to enrich patients’ life quality. This work is focused on the improvement of the telemedicine systems with the purpose of customizing therapies according to the profile and disability of patients. For doing this, as salient contribution, this work proposes the adoption of user-centered design (UCD) methodology for the design and development of telemedicine systems in order to support the rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders. Finally, some applications of the UCD methodology in the telemedicine field are presented as a proof of concept.

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