Institute for AI and Informatics in Medicine, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 29;295:37-40. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220653.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is one of the most important vocabularies for information retrieval in medical research. It enables fast and reliable retrieval of research on PubMed/MEDLINE, the world's largest body of medical literature. The original English version of the thesaurus can be accessed via a MeSH Browser developed by the NLM. Recently, a multilingual MeSH Browser was proposed to enable usage across languages. To improve upon the original system, a new user interface (UI) was developed using contemporary web design frameworks in combination with principles from cognitive science. It aims to simplify access for medical professionals and increase overall usability. Evaluating such design improvements continually is necessary to quantify the possible positive impact for online systems in medical research. This study therefore directly compares the resulting system to the NLM Browser, using an established online questionnaire. Results show significant improvements in content and navigation as well as overall user satisfaction, while offering feedback for future improvements. This underlines the benefits of employing contemporary web design in terms of usability and user satisfaction.
医学主题词（MeSH）是医学研究信息检索中最重要的词汇之一。它可以在 PubMed/MEDLINE 上快速可靠地检索到世界上最大的医学文献库的研究。这个词库的原始英文版本可以通过 NLM 开发的 MeSH 浏览器访问。最近，提出了一种多语言 MeSH 浏览器，以实现跨语言使用。为了改进原始系统，使用当代网页设计框架和认知科学原理开发了一个新的用户界面（UI）。它旨在简化医学专业人员的访问并提高整体可用性。为了量化在线系统在医学研究中的可能积极影响，需要不断评估这种设计改进。因此，本研究使用既定的在线问卷直接将该系统与 NLM 浏览器进行比较。结果表明，在内容、导航和整体用户满意度方面都有显著的改进，同时还为未来的改进提供了反馈。这强调了在可用性和用户满意度方面采用当代网页设计的好处。
