Development and Heuristic-based Usability Evaluation of an e-partograph

Tegegn Kebebaw, E. Alemneh, M. Azage, Eyava Misgan, Dabere Nigatu, Enyew Abate
{"title":"Development and Heuristic-based Usability Evaluation of an e-partograph","authors":"Tegegn Kebebaw, E. Alemneh, M. Azage, Eyava Misgan, Dabere Nigatu, Enyew Abate","doi":"10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672245","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Globally, high number of mothers and infants die every year during childbirth. To reduce this problem WHO recommends use of partograph to monitor the progression of labor. However, the conventional paper-based partograph is usually improperly used or it is not used at all. Filling paper partograph and drawing graphs based on measured parameters takes time and it is tiresome and complex. Automating partograph enhances partograph utilization and reduces adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In this paper, we present the development and usability evaluations made to an electronic partograph (e-partograph). The usability evaluation was done to identify usability problems on the e-partograph and take remedies before putting it in operation. Four usability experts have involved in evaluating the application in each of the three devices (smartphones, tablets, & desktops) used for testing the application. Most of the usability problems were detected by experts who had used small sized devices. In order to give more attentions on the most serious problems we had conducted severity analysis. The analysis shows that the majority of the usability problems (82.8%) that were detected by smartphone users are ranked minor problems. Because of the size of the screens, usability discomforts must have been categorized as usability problems.","PeriodicalId":371663,"journal":{"name":"2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672245","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Globally, high number of mothers and infants die every year during childbirth. To reduce this problem WHO recommends use of partograph to monitor the progression of labor. However, the conventional paper-based partograph is usually improperly used or it is not used at all. Filling paper partograph and drawing graphs based on measured parameters takes time and it is tiresome and complex. Automating partograph enhances partograph utilization and reduces adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In this paper, we present the development and usability evaluations made to an electronic partograph (e-partograph). The usability evaluation was done to identify usability problems on the e-partograph and take remedies before putting it in operation. Four usability experts have involved in evaluating the application in each of the three devices (smartphones, tablets, & desktops) used for testing the application. Most of the usability problems were detected by experts who had used small sized devices. In order to give more attentions on the most serious problems we had conducted severity analysis. The analysis shows that the majority of the usability problems (82.8%) that were detected by smartphone users are ranked minor problems. Because of the size of the screens, usability discomforts must have been categorized as usability problems.
基于启发式的电子文档可用性评估
在全球范围内,每年有大量母亲和婴儿死于分娩。为了减少这一问题,世卫组织建议使用产程监护仪监测产程。然而,传统的纸本段落通常使用不当或根本不使用。根据测量的参数填充纸面和绘制图形既费时又繁琐。自动化产程提高产程利用率,减少不良母婴结局。在本文中,我们介绍了开发和可用性评估的一个电子段落(e-段落)。进行可用性评估是为了识别电子部件上的可用性问题,并在将其投入运行之前采取补救措施。四名可用性专家分别在三种设备(智能手机、平板电脑和台式电脑)上对应用程序进行评估,用于测试应用程序。大多数可用性问题都是由使用过小型设备的专家发现的。为了对最严重的问题给予更多的关注,我们进行了严重性分析。分析显示,智能手机用户发现的大多数可用性问题(82.8%)都是次要问题。由于屏幕的大小,可用性不适必须被归类为可用性问题。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信