Usability Inspection of Multipurpose Scalable Informed Consent Platform

  • Joseph Finkelstein
  • , Daniel Robins
  • , Jiazhen Liu

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Abstract

We developed a multipurpose scalable electronic informed consent platform (E-Consent) which is reusable for any informed consent in a multitude of settings. The platform allows research staff to easily upload multimedia information about a research protocol with an approved informed consent into the system, which delivers this content interactively for prospective study candidates in a user-friendly way. Consistent with user-centered design, E-Consent underwent usability inspection via cognitive walkthroughs accompanied by surveys that captured task complexity on a 5-point Likert-type scale. The System Usability Scale (SUS) provided a standardized reference for usability and satisfaction. Overall, the E-Consent framework was considered by participants to be easy-to-use, satisfying, and timely, while delivering complex information such as that on a consent form. E-Consent ranked in the top 10th percentile for usability as measured by SUS. This extensible framework successfully delivered complex information and recorded user consents, all in an easy-to-understand and highly usable fashion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealth Informatics Vision
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Data via Information to Knowledge
EditorsJohn Mantas, Arie Hasman, Parisis Gallos, Aikaterini Kolokathi, Mowafa S. Househ, Joseph Liaskos
PublisherIOS Press
Pages198-201
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781614999867
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume262
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Keywords

  • Cognitive walkthrough
  • Electronic consent
  • Usability inspection

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