Internet design preferences of patients with cancer.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe computer experience and preferences for multimedia design. DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive. SETTING: Physician office and outpatient cancer centers in an urban area in the southeastern United States. SAMPLE: Convenience sample of 22 volunteer patients with cancer fro...
| Publicado en: | Oncology Nursing Forum Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 787 - 793 |
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Oncology Nursing Society
Jul2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106323393&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106323393 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0190535X 4F0 jtl: Oncology Nursing Forum issn: 0190535X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2006 vid: 33 iid: 4 pid: 12496 pub: Oncology Nursing Society place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 106323393 106323393 2009223187 10.1188/06.ONF.787-792 NLM16858460 106323393 ppf: 787 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Internet design preferences of patients with cancer. aug: au: Chernecky C Macklin D Waller J affil: Professor, School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; cchernecky@mcg.edu sug: subj: Cancer Patients Consumer Health Information Information Seeking Behavior Internet User-Computer Interface Asians Black Persons Color Conceptual Framework Convenience Sample Descriptive Research Descriptive Statistics Female Funding Source Hispanic Americans Male Orem Self-Care Model Patient Attitudes Evaluation Prospective Studies Questionnaires Research Subject Recruitment Southeastern United States Vascular Access Devices White Persons Human Female Male ab: PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe computer experience and preferences for multimedia design. DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive. SETTING: Physician office and outpatient cancer centers in an urban area in the southeastern United States. SAMPLE: Convenience sample of 22 volunteer patients with cancer from four racial groups. METHODS: A questionnaire on computer experiences was followed by a hands-on computer session with questions regarding preferences for seven interface items. Data termination occurred when sample size was obtained. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Design of Internet education site for patients. Variables include preferences, computer, cancer, multimedia, and education. FINDINGS: Eighty-two percent had personal computers, 41% used a computer daily, and 95% believed that computers would be a good avenue for learning about cancer care. Preferences included display colors in blue and green hues; colored buttons; easy-to-read text; graphics with a simple design and large, clear pictures; serif font in dark type; light-colored background; and larger photo size in a rectangle shape. Most popular graphic icons as metaphors were 911 for emergency, picture of skull and crossbones for danger, and a picture of a string on an index finger representing reminder. The simple layout most preferred for appearances was one that included text and pictures, read from left to right, and was symmetrical in its placement of pictures and text on the page. CONCLUSIONS: Preferences are necessary to maintain interest and support navigation through computer designs to enhance the translation of knowledge to patients. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Development of multimedia based on patient preferences will enhance education, learning, and, ultimately, quality patient care. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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