Empower: Design of a digital intervention for workplace stress and mental health. A European study by C. M. Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, J. Shepherd, B. Olaya, C. Vanroelen, J. Gevaert, O. Borrega Cepa, R. M. Bernard, D. Merecz-Kot, M. Sinokki, L. Hakkaart-van Roijen, J. M. Haro, C. EMPOWER

“…The usability testing improved the flow through the app and high ease of use and completion of tasks by participants. …”
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Local Preirradiation of Infarcted Cardiac Tissue Substantially Enhances Cell Engraftment by Gloria Abizanda, Leyre López-Muneta, Javier Linares, Luis I. Ramos, Arantxa Baraibar-Churio, Miriam Bobadilla, Elena Iglesias, Giulia Coppiello, Purificación Ripalda-Cemboráin, Xabier L. Aranguren, Felipe Prósper, Ana Pérez-Ruiz, Xonia Carvajal-Vergara

“…As proof of concept, we transferred ZsGreen⁺iPSCs in the infarcted heart, due to their ease of use and detection. We found a very significant increase in cell engraftment in preirradiated rats. …”
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Investigating the effects of quality factors on the benefits of e-learning with the mediating role of perceived satisfaction and perceived usefulness by z. seyedi raad, A. H. Tajfar

“…In addition, increasing the information quality including the existence and availability of the required information, the ease of use, the up-to-dateness and clarity of the information and its presentation method (pens, images, etc.) are greatly effective on the success of the e-learning system. …”
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An Unstructured Supplementary Service Data–Based mHealth App Providing On-Demand Sexual Reproductive Health Information for Adolescents in Kibra, Kenya: Randomized Controlled Trial... by Paul Macharia, Antoni Pérez-Navarro, Betsy Sambai, Irene Inwani, John Kinuthia, Ruth Nduati, Carme Carrion

“…In relation to improved decision-making, 21.6% (29/134) of responses showed the adolescents were able to identify STIs and were likely to seek treatment; 51.7% (15/29) of these were female. Ease of use was the most important feature of the app for 28.3% (54/191) of the responses. …”
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The effects of experimental, meteorological, and physiological factors on short-term repeated pulse wave velocity measurements, and measurement difficulties: A randomized crossover... by Mario Podrug, Mario Podrug, Borna Šunjić, Borna Šunjić, Anamarija Bekavac, Pjero Koren, Pjero Koren, Varja Đogaš, Ivana Mudnić, Mladen Boban, Ana Jerončić, Ana Jerončić

“…To facilitate such studies it is important to increase the power of a study by reducing within-subject variability of PWV, and to ease the use of a PWV device in clinical settings by minimizing PWV measurement difficulties.MethodsWe systematically investigated experimental setting and meteorological conditions, as well as physiological factors and participant characteristics, to determine whether and to what extent they affected: between- and within-subjects variability of PWV recordings, and measurement difficulties of a particular device. …”
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A Prescription Digital Therapeutic to Support Unsupervised Buprenorphine Initiation for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Study by Hilary Luderer, Nicole Enman, Robert Gerwien, Stephen Braun, Samantha McStocker, Xiaorui Xiong, Carrington Koebele, Christopher Cannon, Joseph Glass, Yuri Maricich

“…Acceptability of PEAR-002b will be evaluated based on individual participants’ ratings of ease of use, satisfaction, perceived helpfulness, and likelihood of recommending PEAR-002b. …”
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Factors Associated With Intention to Adopt mHealth Apps Among Dementia Caregivers With a Chronic Condition: Cross-sectional, Correlational Study by Kyra Jennifer Waligora Mendez, Chakra Budhathoki, Alain Bernard Labrique, Tatiana Sadak, Elizabeth K Tanner, Hae Ra Han

“…In the final multiple logistic regression model, only perceived usefulness (OR 23, 95% CI 5.6-97; P<.001) and the interaction term for caregivers’ education and burden of chronic disease and treatment (OR 31, 95% CI 2.2-430; P=.01) were significantly associated with their intention to adopt mHealth apps. Perceived ease of use (OR 2.4, 95% CI 0.67-8.7; P=.18) and social influence (OR 1.8, 95% CI 0.58-5.7; P=.31) were not significantly associated with the intention to adopt mHealth apps. …”
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Community stakeholder‐driven technology solutions towards rural health equity: A concept mapping study in Western Canada by Cherisse L. Seaton, Pierre Rondier, Kathy L. Rush, Eric P. H. Li, Katrina Plamondon, Barb Pesut, Nelly D. Oelke, Sarah Dow‐Fleisner, Khalad Hasan, Leanne M. Currie, Donna Kurtz, Charlotte Jones, Joan L. Bottorff

“…The clusters of ideas included technological solutions and applications, but also ideas to make health care more accessible regardless of location, training and support in the use of technology, ensuring digital tools are simplified for ease of use, technologies to support collaboration among healthcare professionals and ideas for overcoming challenges to data sharing across health systems/networks. …”
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ONLINE MEDIA ACCEPTANCE AND USE IN INDONESIAN RURAL AREA: PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE by Herli Salim, Muhammad Hanif

“…The external variables, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and attitudes of the teacher showed the positive acceptance for online learning implementation. …”
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Editorial by Jože Kropivšek

“…Being included in DOAJ also increases the visibility and ease of use of articles, and that of LES/WOOD as a whole. …”
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Characterizing User Engagement With a Digital Intervention for Pain Self-management Among Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Their Caregivers: Subanalysis of a Randomized Controlle... by Chitra Lalloo, Fareha Nishat, William Zempsky, Nitya Bakshi, Sherif Badawy, Yeon Joo Ko, Carlton Dampier, Jennifer Stinson, Tonya M Palermo

“…The reasons for app versus website preference among youth were ease of use, acceptable time commitment, and interactivity. …”
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Protocole of a controlled before-after evaluation of a national health information technology-based program to improve healthcare coordination and access to information by Florence Saillour-Glénisson, Sylvie Duhamel, Emmanuelle Fourneyron, Laetitia Huiart, Jean Philippe Joseph, Emmanuel Langlois, Stephane Pincemail, Viviane Ramel, Thomas Renaud, Tamara Roberts, Matthieu Sibé, Frantz Thiessard, Jerome Wittwer, Louis Rachid Salmi, for the EvaTSN Research group

“…Four types of data sources are considered: 1) extractions from the French National Heath Insurance Database (SNIIRAM) and the French Autonomy Personalized Allowance database, 2) Ad hoc surveys collecting information on knowledge of TSN projects, TSN program use, ease of use, satisfaction and understanding, TSN pathway experience and appropriateness of hospital admissions, 3) qualitative analyses using semi-directive interviews and focus groups and document analyses and 4) extractions of TSN implementation indicators from TSN program database. …”
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Accuracy and economic evaluation of screening tests for undiagnosed COPD among hypertensive individuals in Brazil by S. M. Martins, A. P. Dickens, W. Salibe-Filho, A. A. Albuquerque Neto, P. Adab, A. Enocson, B. G. Cooper, L. V. A. Sousa, A. J. Sitch, S. Jowett, R. Adams, K. K. Cheng, C. Chi, J. Correia-de-Sousa, A. Farley, N. Gale, K. Jolly, M. Maglakelidze, T. Maghlakelidze, K. Stavrikj, A. M. Turner, S. Williams, R. E. Jordan, R. Stelmach

“…The combination of SBQ and peak flow appeared most efficient, when considering performance of the test, cost and ease of use (costing £1690 (5554 R$) with 26.7 cases detected per 1,000 patients). …”
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Feasibility, Engagement, and Usability of a Remote, Smartphone-Based Contingency Management Program as a Treatment Add-On for Patients Who Use Methamphetamine: Single-Arm Pilot Stu... by Kevin A Hallgren, Mark H Duncan, Matthew D Iles-Shih, Eliza B Cohn, Connor J McCabe, Yanni M Chang, Andrew J Saxon

“…Participants reported positive opinions about the intervention’s ease of use and satisfaction with the intervention. …”
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Open-source FlexNIRS: A low-cost, wireless and wearable cerebral health tracker by Kuan-Cheng Wu, Davide Tamborini, Marco Renna, Adriano Peruch, Yujing Huang, Alyssa Martin, Kutlu Kaya, Zachary Starkweather, Alexander I. Zavriyev, Stefan A. Carp, David H. Salat, Maria Angela Franceschini

“…The estimated cost is on the order of $50/unit for 1000 units, and our goal is to share the device with the research community following an open-source model. The low cost, ease-of-use, smart-phone readiness, accurate SO2 quantification, real time data quality feedback, and long battery life make prolonged monitoring feasible in low resource settings, including typically medically underserved communities, and enable new community and telehealth applications.…”
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Long-term Effectiveness and Adoption of a Cellphone Augmented Reality System on Patients with Stroke: Randomized Controlled Trial by Chong Li, Xinyu Song, Shugeng Chen, Chuankai Wang, Jieying He, Yongli Zhang, Shuo Xu, Zhijie Yan, Jie Jia, Peter Shull

“…Due to the low cost and ease of use, CARS is also potentially suitable for home-based rehabilitation. …”
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Comparative analysis of full-length 16s ribosomal RNA genome sequencing in human fecal samples using primer sets with different degrees of degeneracy by Christian Waechter, Christian Waechter, Leon Fehse, Marius Welzel, Dominik Heider, Lek Babalija, Juan Cheko, Julian Mueller, Jochen Pöling, Thomas Braun, Sabine Pankuweit, Eberhard Weihe, Ralf Kinscherf, Bernhard Schieffer, Ulrich Luesebrink, Muhidien Soufi, Muhidien Soufi, Volker Ruppert, Volker Ruppert

“…Nanopore sequencing provides distinct advantages, combining cost-effectiveness, ease of use, high throughput, and high taxonomic resolution through its ability to process long amplicons, such as the entire 16s rRNA genome. …”
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Meta-synthesis of a comprehensive framework of factors affecting the usability of learning management systems by S. Abdoli, M. Nili Ahmadabadi, H. Fardanesh, M. Asgari

“…Factors included navigation, visual design, learnability and memorability, efficiency, accessibility, errors correction, privacy and security, ease of use, ethical issues and compliance in the tasks of IT specialists and content, Instructor’s knowledge, and learning orientation in the task Instructors/instructional designers. …”
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Iterative Patient Testing of a Stimuli-Responsive Swallowing Activity Sensor to Promote Extended User Engagement During the First Year After Radiation: Multiphase Remote and In-Per... by Eileen H Shinn, Adam S Garden, Susan K Peterson, Dylan J Leupi, Minxing Chen, Rachel Blau, Laura Becerra, Tarek Rafeedi, Julian Ramirez, Daniel Rodriquez, Finley VanFossen, Sydney Zehner, Patrick P Mercier, Joseph Wang, Kate Hutcheson, Ehab Hanna, Darren J Lipomi

“…In study 2, patients also rated the sensor’s ease of use and comfort, whereas in study 3, preferences were elicited regarding haptic feedback. …”
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Factors Affecting the Usage of Wearable Device Technology for Healthcare among Indian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Vathsala Patil, Deepak Kumar Singhal, Nithesh Naik, B. M. Zeeshan Hameed, Milap J. Shah, Sufyan Ibrahim, Komal Smriti, Gaurav Chatterjee, Ameya Kale, Anshika Sharma, Rahul Paul, Piotr Chłosta, Bhaskar K. Somani

“…While 62.2% of the participants reported using wearable devices for managing their health, 29.3% were using them daily. technology and task fitness (TTF) showed a significant positive correlation with connectivity (<i>r</i> = 0.716), health care (<i>r</i> = 0.780), communication (<i>r</i> = 0.637), infotainment (<i>r</i> = 0.598), perceived usefulness (PU) (<i>r</i> = 0.792), and perceived ease of use (PEOU) (<i>r</i> = 0.800). Behavioral intention (BI) to use wearable devices positively correlated with PEOU (<i>r</i> = 0.644) and PU (<i>r</i> = 0.711). …”
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