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dc.contributor.authorRosenbaum, Sarah Enb_NO
dc.contributor.authorGlenton, Clairenb_NO
dc.contributor.authorCracknell, Janenb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-24T17:52:51Znb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T14:19:41Z
dc.date.available2008-11-24T17:52:51Znb_NO
dc.date.available2016-02-08T14:19:41Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-28nb_NO
dc.identifier.citationBMC medical informatics and decision making 2008, 8:34en
dc.identifier.issn1472-6947nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2377875
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Evidence-based decision making relies on easy access to trustworthy research results. The Cochrane Library is a key source of evidence about the effect of interventions and aims to "promote the accessibility of systematic reviews to anyone wanting to make a decision about health care". We explored how health professionals found, used and experienced The Library, looking at facets of user experience including findability, usability, usefulness, credibility, desirability and value. METHODS: We carried out 32 one-hour usability tests on participants from Norway and the UK. Participants both browsed freely and attempted to perform individually tailored tasks while "thinking aloud". Sessions were recorded and viewed in real time by researchers. Transcriptions and videos were reviewed by one researcher and one designer. Findings reported here reflect issues receiving a high degree of saturation and that we judge to be critical to the user experience of evidence-based web sites, based on principles for usability heuristics, web guidelines and evidence-based practice. RESULTS: Participants had much difficulty locating both the site and its contents. Non-native English speakers were at an extra disadvantage when retrieving relevant documents despite high levels of English-language skills. Many participants displayed feelings of ineptitude, alienation and frustration. Some made serious mistakes in correctly distinguishing between different information types, for instance reviews, review protocols, and individual studies. Although most expressed a high regard for the site's credibility, some later displayed a mistrust of the independence of the information. Others were overconfident, thinking everything on The Cochrane Library site shared the same level of quality approval. CONCLUSION: Paradoxically, The Cochrane Library, established to support easy access to research evidence, has its own problems of accessibility. Health professionals' experiences of this and other evidence-based online resources can be improved by applying existing principles for web usability, prioritizing the development of simple search functionality, emitting "researcher" jargon, consistent marking of site ownership, and clear signposting of different document types and different content quality.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/8/34en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en
dc.subject.meshAdulten
dc.subject.meshAgeden
dc.subject.meshAttitude of Health Personnelen
dc.subject.meshEvidence-Based Medicineen
dc.subject.meshFemaleen
dc.subject.meshGreat Britainen
dc.subject.meshHealth Personnelen
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshInformation Storage and Retrievalen
dc.subject.meshInterneten
dc.subject.meshLibraries, Digitalen
dc.subject.meshMaleen
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.meshNorwayen
dc.subject.meshOnline Systemsen
dc.subject.meshReview Literature as Topicen
dc.subject.meshUser-Computer Interfaceen
dc.titleUser experiences of evidence-based online resources for health professionals: user testing of The Cochrane Library.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.source.journalBMC medical informatics and decision makingen
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1472-6947-8-34nb_NO
dc.identifier.pmid18662382nb_NO
dc.contributor.departmentNorwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, PO Box 7004, St, Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway. sarah@rosenbaum.noen


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