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. 2016 Oct 21;4(4):e32. doi: 10.2196/medinform.6433

Table 4.

The opinions of experts and diabetic patients participating in usability evaluation of diabetic personal health records (DPHR) app.

Target groups Opinions
Medical informatics students Systolic blood pressure should be written in Persian.
It would be better to use the full screen, especially in browsing the page in order not to scroll so much.
The fonts of data entry forms were different from those of report forms.
In the graphs of blood sugar history, the values could be shown in green or red for the normal and abnormal ranges in order to help patients know their status.
Charts in the main page were incomprehensible.
The first and the last names should not be entered in numeric characters.
In the national code section, validation is required in order to enter valid national codes.
The entry of non-numerical characters should be prevented as a patient number.
There is a problem with the measurement turn: it is better to be entered by the system.
It is better to set proper labels for each axis of the charts.
Fonts in green are not good at all.
Submit button is pale and blurred.
Numeric default values have been defined in blank fields, while it is better to enter dashes if no values are entered.
Mandatory fields are required to be marked with an asterisk.
Endocrinologists Instead of insulin-dependent diabetes, type 1 diabetes must be used.
In the diabetes treatment section, the term “others” should be deleted.
In the comorbidities section, the term “cataract” should be deleted.
In the neuropathy section, the term “behavioral disorders” should be deleted.
In eye diseases, the term “glaucoma” should be added.
The term “goiter” should be written in the form of “simple goiter.”
The term “intermittent claudication” should be written instead of “ischemic pain of organs” and should be placed in the section of cardiovascular diseases.
The time of blood glucose measurement needs to be determined.
Type 2 diabetic patients Home icon should be used next to the term “homepage.”
Blood glucose list numbers should be displayed.
Instead of millimeters of Mercury, the unit of centimeters of Mercury should be used for hypertension.
Abnormalities in the graph should be shown with a different color.
The patient is required to read the guide.