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- Title
Electronic data capture on athletes’ pre-participation health and in-competition injury and illness at major sports championships: An extended usability study in Athletics.
- Authors
Karlsson, David; Timpka, Toomas; Jacobsson, Jenny; Alonso, Juan-Manuel; Kowalski, Jan; Nilsson, Sverker; Depiesse, Frédéric; Branco, Pedro; Edouard, Pascal
- Abstract
This study set out to identify factors critical for the usability of electronic data collection in association with championships in individual sports. A qualitative analysis of electronic data collection system usability for collection of data on pre-participation health from athletes and in-competition injury and illness from team physicians was performed during the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships. A total of 15 athletes and team physicians participated. Athletes were found to experience few problems interacting with the electronic data collection system, but reported concerns about having to reflect on injury and illness before competitions and the medical terminology used. Team physicians encountered problems when first navigating through the module for clinical reporting, but they were not subjected to motivational problems. We conclude that athletes’ motivation to self-report health data and the design of the human–computer interface for team physicians are key issues for the usability of electronic data collection systems in association with championships in individual sports.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; ATHLETES; HEALTH status indicators; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH funding; SPORTS injuries; USER interfaces; SPORTS events; THEMATIC analysis; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
Health Informatics Journal, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 2, p136
- ISSN
1460-4582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1460458216661861