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Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke patients with hemiparalysis
[Purpose] The effect of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for patients with stroke, considering both the non-dominant and dominant hand smartphone usage, was investigated in this study. [Subjects and Methods] Thirteen patients with stroke participated in this study—five pre-non-d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.28.1330 |
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author | Jung, Nam-hae Chang, Moonyoung |
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description | [Purpose] The effect of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for patients with stroke, considering both the non-dominant and dominant hand smartphone usage, was investigated in this study. [Subjects and Methods] Thirteen patients with stroke participated in this study—five pre-non-dominant hand users and eight pre-dominant hand users. The smartphone screen sizes used were 4.2, 4.5, and 5.6 inches. Usability was assessed in terms of discomfort experienced during dragging operations, which was self-reported using a four-point Likert scale. Functionality was assessed in terms of completion time and the frequency of errors in the task requiring users to quickly touch numbers 0 through 9 in order on the keypad. [Results] For all three screen sizes, a significant difference between the dominant and non-dominant hands was found in usability, completion time, and frequency of errors. For dominant hand users, differences in usability and completion time were found among the three screen sizes. Among the three screen sizes, no difference in the frequency of errors was found in either of the groups. [Conclusion] This study will be useful as basic research on usability and functionality with stroke patients using only pre-non-dominant or pre-dominant hand. |
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spelling | pubmed-48682372016-05-17 Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke patients with hemiparalysis Jung, Nam-hae Chang, Moonyoung J Phys Ther Sci Original Article [Purpose] The effect of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for patients with stroke, considering both the non-dominant and dominant hand smartphone usage, was investigated in this study. [Subjects and Methods] Thirteen patients with stroke participated in this study—five pre-non-dominant hand users and eight pre-dominant hand users. The smartphone screen sizes used were 4.2, 4.5, and 5.6 inches. Usability was assessed in terms of discomfort experienced during dragging operations, which was self-reported using a four-point Likert scale. Functionality was assessed in terms of completion time and the frequency of errors in the task requiring users to quickly touch numbers 0 through 9 in order on the keypad. [Results] For all three screen sizes, a significant difference between the dominant and non-dominant hands was found in usability, completion time, and frequency of errors. For dominant hand users, differences in usability and completion time were found among the three screen sizes. Among the three screen sizes, no difference in the frequency of errors was found in either of the groups. [Conclusion] This study will be useful as basic research on usability and functionality with stroke patients using only pre-non-dominant or pre-dominant hand. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2016-04-28 2016-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4868237/ /pubmed/27190477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.28.1330 Text en 2016©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science. Published by IPEC Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Jung, Nam-hae Chang, Moonyoung Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke patients with hemiparalysis |
title | Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke
patients with hemiparalysis |
title_full | Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke
patients with hemiparalysis |
title_fullStr | Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke
patients with hemiparalysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke
patients with hemiparalysis |
title_short | Effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke
patients with hemiparalysis |
title_sort | effects of screen size on smartphone functionality and usability for stroke
patients with hemiparalysis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.28.1330 |
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