The Effect of Screen Size on Mobile Phone User Comprehension of Health Information and Application Structure: An Experimental Approach.

This research analyzes the impact of mobile phone screen size on user comprehension of health information and application structure. Applying experimental approach, we asked randomly selected users to read content and conduct tasks on a commonly used diabetes mobile application using three different...

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Publicado en:Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Autores principales: Ghamdi, Ebtisam, Yunus, Faisal, Da'ar, Omar, El-Metwally, Ashraf, Khalifa, Mohamed, Aldossari, Bakheet, Househ, Mowafa
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2016
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          Yunus, Faisal
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          El-Metwally, Ashraf
          Khalifa, Mohamed
          Aldossari, Bakheet
          Househ, Mowafa
        affil: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA), Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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          Cellular Phone
          Health Information
          Mobile Applications
          Cognition
          Weights and Measures
          Human
          Random Sample
          Reading
          Time Factors
          Smartphone
          Diabetes Education
          Female
          Questionnaires
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Confidence Intervals
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          P-Value
          Usability Study
          Adult
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Female
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