TY - JOUR
T1 - A usability gap between older adults and younger adults on interface design of an Internet-based telemedicine system
AU - Chun, Young J.
AU - Patterson, Patrick E.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Internet-based telemedicine is becoming an effective tool to deliver home-healthcare services and health information on demand, especially in rural areas, where there is often a large elderly population with greater rates of preventable chronic diseases. However, the designs of current interfaces for these internet-based telemedicine systems do not take elderly user characteristics into consideration. This study conducted usability testing on the interface of an internet-based telemedicine system using two different age groups, young adults and older adults. Differences in overall performance and satisfaction between the two groups were identified. Based on these results, a future direction is suggested for the interfaces of internetbased telemedicine systems.
AB - Internet-based telemedicine is becoming an effective tool to deliver home-healthcare services and health information on demand, especially in rural areas, where there is often a large elderly population with greater rates of preventable chronic diseases. However, the designs of current interfaces for these internet-based telemedicine systems do not take elderly user characteristics into consideration. This study conducted usability testing on the interface of an internet-based telemedicine system using two different age groups, young adults and older adults. Differences in overall performance and satisfaction between the two groups were identified. Based on these results, a future direction is suggested for the interfaces of internetbased telemedicine systems.
KW - elderly users
KW - interface design
KW - internet-based telemedicine system
KW - older adults
KW - usability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859856386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0180-349
DO - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0180-349
M3 - Article
C2 - 22316747
AN - SCOPUS:84859856386
VL - 41
SP - 349
EP - 352
JO - Work
JF - Work
SN - 1051-9815
IS - SUPPL.1
ER -