This study developed and piloted a patient-centered pressure ulcer prevention care bundle for adult hospitalized patients to promote patient participation in prevention. The care bundle had 3 core messages: (1) keep moving, (2) care for your skin, and (3) ensure a good diet. A brief video, combined brochure/checklist, and poster were developed as training resources. Patient evaluation identifie...

This study is aimed at determining the effect of managerial human factors on business performance of hospital services. For this purpose a neural networks-based model is employed. A checklist tool for evaluation of human factors from management viewpoint was applied. It consists of input checklist items like role of hospital top management, employee relations, process management and data collec...

ABSTRACT Objective: assess patient responses and associated factors of items on a safe surgery checklist, identify use before after protocol implementation from the records. Methods: cohort study conducted 2014 to 2016 with 397 individuals in stage I 257 II, 12 months implementation, totaling 654 patients. Data were obtained structured interviews. In parallel, 450 checklist assessments performe...

An expert checklist for evaluating children’s software has been designed and validated on ten children in the second grade. In the first part of the investigation ten psychology students evaluated three edutainment games, all of different quality, by means of the checklist. Based on these results the items on the checklist were then analyzed and filtered (analysis of variance, item analysis). I...

Determining the usability of mechanical ventilator interfaces is vital in ensuring correct usage under critical procedures that can place patients’ health danger. Heuristic evaluation has been used to evaluate many different areas, including medical devices. The objective this study a using heuristic method. simulator (Drager's Evita V500) was performed Evaluation System Checklist (HESC). Three...

The growth of the Internet and related technologies has enabled the development of a new breed of dynamic websites and applications that are growing rapidly in use and that have had a great impact on many businesses. These websites need to be continuously evaluated and monitored to measure their efficiency and effectiveness, to assess user satisfaction, and ultimately to improve their quality. ...

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews are pivotal components in the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines. To evaluate the methodological quality of these systematic reviews, several tools have been proposed. Among them, the assessment of multiple systematic reviews (AMSTAR) checklist is probably used most frequently. This tool comprises 11 items related to the steps taken when conducting a...