From: User perceptions of avatar-based patient monitoring: a mixed qualitative and quantitative study
High-level theme | Subtheme | Examples |
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Quick recognition of situation (67 participants, 52%) | Participant #13: “Quick recognition of problems.” | |
Participant #51: “Quick recognition of several vital signs simultaneously.” | ||
Participant #53: “Quick visualization of events and the (anatomic) location of the events.” | ||
Participant #111: “Quick recognition of relevant relationships, findings and situations.” | ||
Participant #112: “A picture, a glance and you have the overview.” | ||
Participant #132: “At a glance, holistic recognition of the situation.” | ||
At-a-glance information (42 participants, 33%) | Participant #14: “All parameters at a glance, simple presentation.” | |
Participant #41: “It is easy to recognize vital signs as either “normal” or “abnormal.”” | ||
Visual diagnosis (3 participants, 2%) | Participant #39: “Visual diagnosis is possible. Clearly arranged information.” | |
Participant #62: “First impression of the patient in a moment.” | ||
Intuitiveness (21 participants, 16%) | Participant #49: “Pretty intuitive. The design supports visual persons.” | |
Participant #100: “Quick to learn. The instructional video is sufficient as an introduction.” | ||
Participant #101: “At a glance, intuitively, much more information than from a standard monitor can be gained.” | ||
Visual design (7 participants, 5%) | Participant #24: “You can interpret pictures quicker than numbers. Situations seem threatening or non-threatening at a glance.” | |
Participant #59: “…no “translation” of numbers is needed.” | ||
Participant #89: “Color coding facilitates a quick assessment.” | ||
Participant #92: “…one does not need technical knowledge to understand the pictures.” | ||
Participant #99: “Possibly better visualization of vital signs through an avatar than through sober monitor curves.” | ||
Unique design characteristics | Single display (12 participants, 9%) | Participant #16: “Most of the information previously separated into various numbers (sometimes distributed over several monitors) at a glance.” |
Participant #32: “Everything in one picture…” | ||
Eye-catching (6 participants, 4%) | Participant #8: “Problems are more eye-catching.” | |
Participant #51: “Certain vital signs are very impressively displayed and immediately visible or better visible than in the conventional representation.” | ||
Participant #57: “Warning signals are more easily perceivable.” | ||
Participant #107: “Another way to attract the attention of the observer/user.” | ||
Response stimulating (5 participants, 4%) | Participant #6: “The display triggers an alarm reaction quickly.” | |
Participant #95: “…especially with extreme deviations from the standard you have a strong internal need to take action.” | ||
Absence of numbers (5 participants, 4%) | Participant #5: “Intuitive recognition of the patient situation without becoming set on “numerical values.”” | |
Participant #86: “No number chaos.” | ||
Participant #89: “Less “scattered” data/numbers/values.” | ||
Potential future uses (7 participants, 5%) | Participant #13: “…emergency situations.” | |
Participant #66: “…especially in noisy surroundings.” | ||
Participant #70: “…trauma room…” | ||
Participant #90: “Safe in space, for airlines, cruises, on expeditions and in the military, a huge advantage.” | ||
Participant #124: “Basically, in stressful situations, one may be able to react more adequately to a visual image than to absolute (numerical) values that one must interpret first.” | ||
Participant #128: “A doctor, who monitors several operating rooms can immediately get an idea of a problem.” | ||
Use by non-specialists (7 participants, 5%) | Participant #8: “Simple interpretation also for interested non-specialists. (surgeons).” | |
Participant #13: “Maybe helpful for beginners (with little monitoring experience).” | ||
Further comments | Participant #10: “One glance from a distance enables the assessment of the patient situation.” | |
Participant #54: “Rapid detection of the patient’s situation also in the ventilated and sedated patient (analogous to the clinical picture, as, for example, in the preclinical assessment).” | ||
Participant #79: “…different brain regions are activated in the users.” |