Lack of Development and Usability Descriptions in Evaluation Reports on Online Health Information Tools for Older Patients

Sifra Bolle, J.C.M. van Weert, E.M.A. Smets, E.F. Loos

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Abstract

New media play an increasing role in the everyday life of older individuals. They extensively use the Internet to search for health-related information. In our systematic review we found that online health information tools have been proven to be effective in improving self-efficacy and several clinical outcomes in older (≥65 years) patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the development and usability of the effective online health information tools. The reporting of the development of the online health information tools turned out to be too succinct. Moreover, we were unable to evaluate the usability of online health information tools as none of them were publicly available. We argue the need to report more detailed information about the development and usability of online health information tools in evaluation studies in order to replicate findings and to develop new evidence-based online health information tools for older patients.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for Aging
Subtitle of host publicationFirst International Conference, ITAP 2015, Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015. Proceedings
EditorsJia Zhou, Gavriel Salvendy
PublisherSpringer
Pages27-37
Number of pages11
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-20913-5
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-20912-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventFirst International Conference, ITAP 2015, Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015. Proceedings, Part II - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: 5 Aug 20157 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes In Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume9194
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceFirst International Conference, ITAP 2015, Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015. Proceedings, Part II
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Period5/08/157/08/15

Keywords

  • Older adults
  • eHealth
  • Website usability
  • Online healthi nformation tools

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