Assessing BESI mobile application usability for caregivers of persons with dementia.
Introduction This study investigates the usability of an application developed for the Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention for Dementia Caregiver Empowerment (BESI) study to gather real-time data from caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD). We demonstrate that older adults are w...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 102 - 113 |
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International Society for Gerontechnology
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=131749027&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 131749027 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 17 iid: 2 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 131749027 131749027 131749027 10.4017/gt.2018.17.2.004.00 131749027 ppf: 102 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Assessing BESI mobile application usability for caregivers of persons with dementia. aug: au: Sourbeer, Katharine Bankole, Azziza Anderson, Martha Newbold, Temple Nama, Rohith Belay, Marta Meda, Harshitha Smith-Jackson, Tonya affil: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA sug: subj: Mobile Applications Utilization Caregiver Attitudes Empowerment Telehealth Dementia Therapy Professional Competence Evaluation Human Scales Computers, Portable Smartphone Chi Square Test Unpaired T-Tests Sample Size ab: Introduction This study investigates the usability of an application developed for the Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention for Dementia Caregiver Empowerment (BESI) study to gather real-time data from caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD). We demonstrate that older adults are willing to try out technology for use in a research setting. This research project ultimately strives to use technology not just in the research setting, but as a tool to support caregivers within their own contexts. Methods The System Usability Scale (SUS) was administered to 30 caregivers in dementia caregiver support groups after participants had completed 5 tasks on a tablet device with Android-based functionality. Revisions were made to the application, such as streamlining the process, eliminating extraneous features, and implementing clock tools. A second phase of SUS testing with a revised BESI app was completed with 15 caregivers. With subsequent BESI deployments, usability data continues to be collected to maximize usability for our target population. Results Thirteen phase 1 respondents scored the application over 70/100 on the SUS, which is the suggested threshold for usability. Eleven phase 2 respondents rated the application 70 and above. A Chi-squared test (χ²(1, N=45) = 3.62, p = 0.0572) and an Independent Samples t-test (t(43)= -1.84, p = 0.0731) were not statistically significant but showed trends toward improvement from phase 1 to phase 2 that may have been significant with a larger sample size. Phase 2 SUS data had 73.3% of users rating the application usable versus 43.3% in phase 1 and the mean SUS score increased 10.75 points. Conclusions We conclude that the revised BESI application will be a viable tool for the BESI project. This study also contributes to the rising field of mHealth, particularly regarding its use in an older population. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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