Electronic data capture on athletes pre-participation health and in-competition injury and illness at major sports championships: An extended usability study in AthleticsShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Health Informatics Journal, ISSN 1460-4582, E-ISSN 1741-2811, Vol. 24, no 2, p. 136-145Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study set out to identify factors critical for the usability of electronic data collection in association with championships in individual sports. A qualitative analysis of electronic data collection system usability for collection of data on pre-participation health from athletes and in-competition injury and illness from team physicians was performed during the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships. A total of 15 athletes and team physicians participated. Athletes were found to experience few problems interacting with the electronic data collection system, but reported concerns about having to reflect on injury and illness before competitions and the medical terminology used. Team physicians encountered problems when first navigating through the module for clinical reporting, but they were not subjected to motivational problems. We conclude that athletes motivation to self-report health data and the design of the human-computer interface for team physicians are key issues for the usability of electronic data collection systems in association with championships in individual sports.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2018. Vol. 24, no 2, p. 136-145
Keywords [en]
electronic data capture; human-computer interaction; qualitative research methods; sports epidemiology; usability
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Other Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-148086DOI: 10.1177/1460458216661861ISI: 000432068300003PubMedID: 27502408Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85046813739OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-148086DiVA, id: diva2:1211361
Note
Funding Agencies|Swedish Center for Sports Research (CIF) [FO2014-0048, P2014-0167]
2018-05-302018-05-302021-12-29Bibliographically approved