Usability and Feasibility Testing of an Atrial Fibrillation Educational Website with Patients Referred to an Atrial Fibrillation Specialty Clinic.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 20(18)2023 Sep 21.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this study was to design, usability test, and explore the feasibility of a web-based educational platform/intervention for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) as part of their virtual AF care.METHODS:
Participants were patients attending a specialized AF clinic. The multiple mixed-methods design included website design, think-aloud usability test, 1-month unstructured pre-testing analysis using Google Analytics, follow-up interviews, and a non-randomized one-group feasibility test using pre/post online surveys and Google Analytics.RESULTS:
Usability testing participants (n = 2) guided adjustments for improving navigation. Pre-testing participants' (n = 9) website activity averaged four sessions (SD = 2.6) at 10 (SD 8) minutes per session during a 1-month study period. In the feasibility test, 30 patients referred to AF specialty clinic care completed the baseline survey, and 20 of these completed the 6-month follow-up survey. A total of 19 patients accessed the website over the 6 months, and all 30 participants were sent email prompts containing information from the website. Health-related quality of life, treatment satisfaction, household activity, and AF knowledge scores were higher at follow-up than baseline. There was an overall downward trend in self-reported healthcare utilization at follow-up.CONCLUSIONS:
Access to a credible education website for patients with AF has great potential to complement virtual and hybrid models of care.
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Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article