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Usability tests play an important role in any kind of software, as they limit errors and misunderstandings. Especially in the growing market of medical applications it is indispensable, but time-consuming and expensive. In order to improve the quality of medical applications and remove obstacles for developers, a method has been developed that simplifies testing the usability of mobile medical applications and provides additional data on compliance and effectiveness. Because this test method is remote-controlled and asynchronous, finding examiners is simplified. It also allows more subjects to be found and more data to be collected. This increases user experience and achieves more natural results as study participants act in their natural environment. In order to decide whether the app developed is suitable for this remote testing method, a questionnaire was developed to assist in the decision-making process. The described method will be tested in a study.
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This research was done within the framework of the DiDiER project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant 02K14A150). Different institutes are working together on this joint project. Particularly the German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAB) as application partner and executor of the study and EUROKEY GmbH Saarbrücken, which took over many parts of the development of the app, are to be mentioned here.
The cooperation between the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and Carl von Ossietzky University was extremely positive and beneficial.
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Sauer, J., Muenzberg, A., Siewert, L., Hein, A., Roesch, N. (2020). Remote Testing of Usability in Medical Apps. In: O'Hare, G., O'Grady, M., O’Donoghue, J., Henn, P. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 320. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49289-2_1
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