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Usability and Feasibility Testing of an Atrial Fibrillation Educational Website with Patients Referred to an Atrial Fibrillation Specialty Clinic Rush, Kathy L.; Burton, Lindsay; Seaton, Cherisse L.; Loewen, Peter; O’Connor, Brian P.; Corman, Kendra; Phillips, Robyn; Moroz, Lana; Andrade, Jason

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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Title
Usability and Feasibility Testing of an Atrial Fibrillation Educational Website with Patients Referred to an Atrial Fibrillation Specialty Clinic
Creator
Rush, Kathy L.; Burton, Lindsay; Seaton, Cherisse L.; Loewen, Peter; O’Connor, Brian P.; Corman, Kendra; Phillips, Robyn; Moroz, Lana; Andrade, Jason
Contributor
Vancouver General Hospital
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2023-09-21
Description
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.
Subject
health services; atrial fibrillation clinic; website; education; user-centered design; healthcare improvement
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-10-27
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0437388
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86366
Affiliation
Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan); Health and Social Development, Faculty of (Okanagan); Medicine, Faculty of; Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Medicine, Department of; Nursing, School of (Okanagan); Psychology, Department of (Okanagan)
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 (18): 6792 (2023)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/ijerph20186792
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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