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. 2023 Jun 6;25:e44326. doi: 10.2196/44326

Table 5.

Agreement on items for usability evaluation involving experts (N=27).

Planning and reporting procedures for usability evaluation with experts Items grouped from 1 to 3, n (%) Items grouped from 4 to 6, n (%) Items grouped from 7 to 9, n (%)
Usability evaluator and the domain evaluator

Determine the number of evaluators involved in the evaluation. 0 (0) 10 (37) 17 (63)

Provide the rationale to establish the number of evaluators. 1 (4) 14 (52) 12 (44)

Define as inclusion criteria having previous experience in inspection usability evaluation or consider adequate training and provide details of training. 0 (0) 5 (19) 22 (82) a

State whether the evaluators are external to the product or service development team. 1 (4) 11 (41) 15 (56)

Specify whether a combination of evaluators from different domains was used (eg, for a health-related digital service, use both usability and health domain evaluators). 0 (0) 3 (11) 24 (89)

Provide clear inclusion and exclusion criteria.b 1 (4) 1 (4) 25 (93)
Inspection method

Detail the protocol to conduct the inspection (including the techniques used and how they are implemented).c 0 (0) 1 (4) 26 (96)

State whether a combination of techniques was used (eg, heuristic evaluation and cognitive walkthrough). 2 (7) 6 (22) 19 (70)

Provide the rationale for the choice of the techniques. 1 (4) 5 (19) 21 (78)

Detail the criteria to prioritize the resolution of problems identified (eg, according to the severity criteria, problems with higher impact on users are solved first).a 0 (0) 4 (15) 23 (85)

aValues in italics denote the items that reached consensus on inclusion.

bNew items that emerged from round 1.

cItems that were rephrased.