Blood Pressure Monitor Usability Problems Detected Through Human Factors Evaluation

Cifter, Abdusselam Selami

doi:10.1177/1064804617691397

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“…There have been a variety of usability challenges reported when the patient or the patient's caregiver is responsible for the device's operation at their home [26,45,46]. Muntner et al [47] reported, for instance, that the American Medical Association (AMA) advises clinicians to keep the patient's back supported, as well as keeping their legs still by having both feet on the floor during a blood pressure measurement.…”

Section: Device Placement On Bodymentioning

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Introducing the Pi-CON Methodology to Overcome Usability Deficits during Remote Patient Monitoring

Baumann,

Stone,

Kim

2024

Sensors

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The adoption of telehealth has soared, and with that the acceptance of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and virtual care. A review of the literature illustrates, however, that poor device usability can impact the generated data when using Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) devices, such as wearables or home use medical devices, when used outside a health facility. The Pi-CON methodology is introduced to overcome these challenges and guide the definition of user-friendly and intuitive devices in the future. Pi-CON stands for passive, continuous, and non-contact, and describes the ability to acquire health data, such as vital signs, continuously and passively with limited user interaction and without attaching any sensors to the patient. The paper highlights the advantages of Pi-CON by leveraging various sensors and techniques, such as radar, remote photoplethysmography, and infrared. It illustrates potential concerns and discusses future applications Pi-CON could be used for, including gait and fall monitoring by installing an omnipresent sensor based on the Pi-CON methodology. This would allow automatic data collection once a person is recognized, and could be extended with an integrated gateway so multiple cameras could be installed to enable data feeds to a cloud-based interface, allowing clinicians and family members to monitor patient health status remotely at any time.

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Section: Device Placement On Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

Introducing the Pi-CON Methodology to Overcome Usability Deficits during Remote Patient Monitoring

Baumann,

Stone,

Kim

2024

Sensors

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“…Hypertension is a highly prevalent disease and remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide [54]. This has rendered the blood pressure monitor one of the most commonly used medical devices in the home, yet the ability of the user to appropriately interact with this device is often overlooked in the design process [55]. Users of these devices are highly heterogenous because of their overall prevalence and the diverse physical and cognitive actions required for device interaction.…”

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Virtual Modeling of User Populations and Formative Design Parameters

Knisely

Vaughn-Cooke

2020

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Human variability related to physical, cognitive, socio-demographic, and other factors can contribute to large differences in human performance. Quantifying population heterogeneity can be useful for designers wishing to evaluate design parameters such that a system design is robust to this variability. Comprehensively integrating human variability in the design process poses many challenges, such as limited access to a statistically representative population and limited data collection resources. This paper discusses two virtual population modeling approaches intended to be performed prior to in-person design validation studies to minimize these challenges by: (1) targeting recruitment of representative population strata and (2) reducing the candidate design parameters being validated in the target population. The first approach suggests the use of digital human models, virtual representations of humans that can simulate system interaction to eliminate candidate design parameters. The second approach suggests the use of existing human databases to identify relevant human characteristics for representative recruitment strata in subsequent studies. Two case studies are presented to demonstrate each approach, and the benefits and limitations of each are discussed. This paper demonstrates the benefit of modeling prior to conducting in-person human performance studies to minimize resource burden, which has significant implications on early design stages.

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“…On the other hand, current devices and systems do not always consider the aspects of user-friendliness sufficiently (both in terms of usability and user experience) [11][12][13][14][15][16]. These systems need an intuitive concept of use, often not only for the patient but also for his or her social environment or (informal) caregivers, patient groups, or other social groups.…”

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Digital Health and Care Study on Elderly Monitoring

et al. 2021

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Sustainable technologies are being increasingly used in various areas of human life. While they have a multitude of benefits, they are especially useful in health monitoring, especially for certain groups of people, such as the elderly. However, there are still several issues that need to be addressed before its use becomes widespread. This work aims to clarify the aspects that are of great importance for increasing the acceptance of the use of this type of technology in the elderly. In addition, we aim to clarify whether the technologies that are already available are able to ensure acceptable accuracy and whether they could replace some of the manual approaches that are currently being used. A two-week study with people 65 years of age and over was conducted to address the questions posed here, and the results were evaluated. It was demonstrated that simplicity of use and automatic functioning play a crucial role. It was also concluded that technology cannot yet completely replace traditional methods such as questionnaires in some areas. Although the technologies that were tested were classified as being “easy to use”, the elderly population in the current study indicated that they were not sure that they would use these technologies regularly in the long term because the added value is not always clear, among other issues. Therefore, awareness-raising must take place in parallel with the development of technologies and services.

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Blood Pressure Monitor Usability Problems Detected Through Human Factors Evaluation

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

Introducing the Pi-CON Methodology to Overcome Usability Deficits during Remote Patient Monitoring

Introducing the Pi-CON Methodology to Overcome Usability Deficits during Remote Patient Monitoring

Virtual Modeling of User Populations and Formative Design Parameters

Digital Health and Care Study on Elderly Monitoring

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