Georgsson Mattias
Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Sep 4;273:228-233. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200645.
Mobile health applications for diabetes are developed like never before and many patients use them for their personalized health needs. With increased use, an increased number of usability evaluations are performed to assure that the applications function as intended. In this review the goal was to determine what usability methods are currently used in the evaluation of mobile health applications for diabetes and how these are used.
A literature review was conducted to identify applicable studies in the databases ACM Digital Library, Cinahl and Pubmed between the years 2015 and 2020. After the inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, 32 articles remained that were included in the final review.
Most of the studies included one established usability engineering method such as an expert-based and/or user-based method or a validated questionnaire/instrument. Some also included a combination of these. Others used methods of their own design; commonly questionnaires and interviews either on their own or in combination.
To achieve an adequate level of evidence and quality in the evaluation, it is important that at least one is an established usability engineering method or a validated instrument. This to assure and continue to build the evidence base in this area.
糖尿病移动健康应用程序以前所未有的速度发展，许多患者将其用于满足个性化健康需求。随着使用量的增加，为确保应用程序按预期运行，进行了越来越多的可用性评估。在本综述中，目标是确定目前在糖尿病移动健康应用程序评估中使用了哪些可用性方法以及这些方法是如何使用的。
进行文献综述，以识别2015年至2020年间在ACM数字图书馆、CINAHL和PubMed数据库中的相关研究。在应用纳入和排除标准后，最终纳入综述的有32篇文章。
大多数研究采用了一种既定的可用性工程方法，如基于专家和/或用户的方法或经过验证的问卷/工具。有些研究还采用了这些方法的组合。其他研究使用自行设计的方法；通常是单独或组合使用问卷和访谈。
为在评估中获得足够的证据水平和质量，重要的是至少有一种是既定的可用性工程方法或经过验证的工具。这是为了确保并继续建立该领域的证据基础。
