Effects of patient-facing visualisations on the comprehension of personal health records among young and middle-older aged adults: an eye-tracking study.

Digital personal health records (PHRs) are increasingly accessed by users, but how they should be presented to facilitate user comprehension is yet to be determined. We examined the effects of patient-facing visualisations on user comprehension of PHRs with eye-tracking techniques. A three-factor mi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Ergonomics Vol. 69; no. 9; pp. 1820 - 1835
Autores principales: Tao, Da, Zhang, Wenjie, Qin, Mingfu
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2026
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=196513850&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 196513850
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00140139
        ERO
      jtl: Ergonomics
      issn: 00140139
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Sep2026
      vid: 69
      iid: 9
      pid: 377
      pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    artinfo:
      ui:
        196513850
        187294235
        196513850
        196513850
        10.1080/00140139.2025.2543514
        196513850
      ppf: 1820
      ppct: 15
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Effects of patient-facing visualisations on the comprehension of personal health records among young and middle-older aged adults: an eye-tracking study.
      aug:
        au:
          Tao, Da
          Zhang, Wenjie
          Qin, Mingfu
        affil: Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
      sug:
        subj:
          Medical Records, Personal
          Readability
          Visual Perception
          Eye Movement Measurements In Adulthood
          Eye Movement Measurements In Middle Age
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Age Factors
          Ergonomics
          Health Literacy
          Funding Source
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Digital personal health records (PHRs) are increasingly accessed by users, but how they should be presented to facilitate user comprehension is yet to be determined. We examined the effects of patient-facing visualisations on user comprehension of PHRs with eye-tracking techniques. A three-factor mixed design was used, with age as a between-subjects factor, and visualisation type and visualisation status as within-subjects factors. Both young and middle-older aged adults performed a series of comprehension tasks with PHRs presented by four visualisation types in both static and dynamic statuses. Task performance, perceptions, and eye movements were measured. Results showed that age, visualisation type, and visualisation status exerted significant, yet varied, effects on task performance for PHR comprehension. Visualisation status yielded a main effect and an interaction effect with age on perceived ease of comprehension. Eye movements were different across age groups, visualisation types, and visualisation statuses. Interaction effects were observed among these factors. Practitioner Summary: Visualisation type and status could affect how users viewed, perceived, and assessed information in PHRs. Provision of customisable visualisation tailored to task types and age groups may enhance patient comprehension of their PHRs. The findings can be used by ergonomics practitioners in the design and implementation of patient-facing visualisations of PHRs for specific age groups.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N