Ouhbi Sofia, Fernández-Alemán José Luis, Pozo José Rivera, Bajta Manal El, Toval Ambrosio, Idri Ali
Department of Informatics and Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain,
J Med Syst. 2015 Jun;39(6):63. doi: 10.1007/s10916-015-0243-1. Epub 2015 Apr 7.
The aim of this paper is to employ the guidelines of Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone to analyze the usability compliance of free blood donation (BD) apps. An analysis process based on a systematic review protocol is used to select free BD apps. An assessment is conducted using a questionnaire composed of 13 questions concerning the compliance of free BD apps with Android, Blackberry, iOS and Windows Phone usability guidelines. A total of 133 free BD apps have been selected from the 188 BD apps identified. Around 63% of the free BD apps selected have a good compliance with mobile OS usability recommendations. Around 72% of Android, 57% of Windows Phone, 33% of iOS and 33% of Blackberry BD apps have a high usability score. The aspect of BD app behavior should be improved along with some style components: the use of pictures to explain ideas and the adaptation of the app to both horizontal and vertical orientations. Structure patterns should also be used to improve the structure aspect of a BD app. Usability is a quality aspect that should be improved in current BD apps. Our study provides smartphone users with a list of usable free BD apps and BD app developers with recommendations.
本文旨在运用安卓、iOS、黑莓和Windows Phone的指导方针，分析免费献血（BD）应用程序的可用性合规情况。基于系统评价方案的分析过程用于选择免费的BD应用程序。使用一份由13个问题组成的问卷进行评估，这些问题涉及免费BD应用程序与安卓、黑莓、iOS和Windows Phone可用性指导方针的合规情况。从识别出的188个BD应用程序中总共选择了133个免费BD应用程序。所选免费BD应用程序中约63%与移动操作系统可用性建议具有良好的合规性。约72%的安卓、57%的Windows Phone、33%的iOS和33%的黑莓BD应用程序具有较高的可用性得分。BD应用程序的行为方面以及一些样式组件应加以改进：使用图片来解释概念以及使应用程序适应横向和纵向方向。还应使用结构模式来改进BD应用程序的结构方面。可用性是当前BD应用程序中应加以改进的一个质量方面。我们的研究为智能手机用户提供了一份可用的免费BD应用程序列表，并为BD应用程序开发者提供了建议。
