Decisional Guidance for Computerised Personal Decision Aid (ComPDA)
نویسندگان
چکیده
Recently, the existence of many computerized decision aids which support personal decision making have drawn massive attention to study how these aids really help the decision makers. Helping decision maker makes a particular decision has always been the major aim of decision aids. However, designing an effective decision aid is more than meet the eyes. Guidance portion of the interface design in decision aid cannot be taken lightly as it can influence the outcomes. This study acknowledges the needs to make sure the design of personal decision aids adhere to systematic investigation to achieve the sole goal of a ComPDA. In this paper eight ComPDAs were identified and comparedto extract the decisional guidance components for ComPDA. Accordingly, comparative analysis of the tools is further explained and illustrated.
منابع مشابه
Assessment of Decisional Conflict about the Treatment of Trigger Finger, Comparing Patients and Physicians
Background: As an early step in the development of a decision aid for idiopathic trigger finger (TF) we were interested in the level of decisional conflict experienced by patients and hand surgeons. This study tested the null hypothesis that there is no difference in decisional conflict between patients with one or more idiopathic trigger fingers and hand surgeons. Secondary analyses address ...
متن کاملEvaluation of decisional guidance in decision support systems: an empirical study
A great number of studies have been done on decision support systems. There is no work done on how a machine can intelligently help a decision maker in making appropriate choice for judgmental inputs for the decision support systems. Decisional guidance is a guidance for judgmental inputs while user is interacting with a decision support system (DSS). Traditionally the guidance provided by the ...
متن کاملThe Relationship between Cognitive Failure and Alexithymia and Decisional Procrastination among University Students
Introduction:Decisional procrastination is one of the negative factors which might hinder students’ progress and it is an ineffective defense strategy used by students to avoid failure, maintain self-esteem and personal values. It is essential in the learning process to provide the learning condition for achieving the best results. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship betwe...
متن کاملUse of a decision aid did not decrease decisional conflict in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome
BACKGROUND Although a model for shared decision-making is important for patient-centered care, decisional conflict can emerge when patients participate in the decision-making. A decision aid is proposed to provide information and to involve patients more comfortably in the decision-making process. We aimed to determine whether a decision aid helps patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) expe...
متن کاملA decision aid regarding long-term tube feeding targeting substitute decision makers for cognitively impaired older persons in Japan: A small-scale before-and-after study
BACKGROUND In Japan, there is no decision-making guide regarding long-term tube feeding that specifically targets individuals making decisions on behalf of cognitively impaired older persons (substitute decision makers). The objective of this study was to describe the development and evaluation of such a decision aid. METHODS In this before-and-after study, participants comprised substitute d...
متن کامل