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A usability study of two formats of a shortened systematic review for clinicians
  1. Laure Perrier1,
  2. M Ryan Kealey2,
  3. Sharon E Straus3,4
  1. 1Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  2. 2Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  3. 3Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  4. 4Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Laure Perrier; l.perrier{at}utoronto.ca

Abstract

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the usability of two formats of a shortened systematic review for clinicians.

Materials and methods Usability of the prototypes was assessed using three cycles of iterative testing. 10 participants were asked to complete tasks of locating information or items within two prototypes and ‘think aloud’ while being audio taped. Interviews were also audio recorded and participants completed a systematic usability scale.

Results Revisions were made between each iteration in order to address issues identified by participants. Finding information relating to the number of studies in the meta-analysis, and locating the number of studies in the entire systematic review were revealed as areas needing attention during the usability evaluation.

Conclusions Iterative testing combined with a multifaceted approach to usability testing offered essential insight into aspects of the prototypes that required modifications. Alterations were made in order to create finalised versions of the two shortened systematic review formats.

  • Review Literature as Topic
  • PRIMARY CARE
  • Evidence Based Practice

This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005919

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