Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal.
Department of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Aveiro - Edifício 30, Agras do Crasto-Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 27;17(3):785. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030785.
There has been increasing use of mobile mHealth applications, including pain assessment and pain self-management apps. The usability of mHealth applications has vital importance as it affects the quality of apps. Thus, usability assessment with methodological rigor is essential to minimize errors and undesirable consequences, as well as to increase user acceptance.
this study aimed to synthesize and evaluate existing studies on the assessment of the usability of pain-related apps using a newly developed scale.
an electronic search was conducted in several databases, combining relevant keywords. Then titles and abstracts were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria. The eligible studies were retrieved and independently screened for inclusion by two authors. Disagreements were resolved by discussion until consensus was reached.
a total of 31 articles were eligible for inclusion. Quality assessment revealed that most manuscripts did not assess usability using valid instruments or triangulation of methods of usability assessment. Most manuscripts also failed to assess the three domains of usability (effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction).
future studies should consider existing guidelines on usability assessment design, development and assessment of pain-related apps.
移动医疗应用（mHealth 应用），包括疼痛评估和疼痛自我管理应用，其使用量不断增加。mHealth 应用的可用性非常重要，因为它会影响应用的质量。因此，使用严谨的方法进行可用性评估对于最小化错误和不良后果以及提高用户接受度至关重要。
本研究旨在通过新开发的量表综合评估现有关于疼痛相关应用程序可用性评估的研究。
在多个数据库中进行电子搜索，结合相关关键词。然后根据纳入和排除标准筛选标题和摘要。检索符合条件的研究，并由两名作者独立筛选纳入。通过讨论解决分歧，直到达成共识。
共有 31 篇文章符合纳入标准。质量评估显示，大多数文献没有使用有效的工具或对可用性评估方法进行三角验证来评估可用性。大多数文献也没有评估可用性的三个方面（有效性、效率和满意度）。
未来的研究应考虑现有的可用性评估设计、开发和疼痛相关应用评估指南。
