• DocumentCode
    2975735
  • Title

    CAPD eBook: Evaluating multimedia application for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) users

  • Author

    Rosmani, Arifah Fasha ; Shalahudin, Nurul Fatahiyah ; Ahmad, Siti Zulaiha ; Ismail, Mohammad Hafiz

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Arau, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    24-27 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    939
  • Lastpage
    942
  • Abstract
    The main intention of this research is to evaluate the usefulness of CAPD eBook, which is an interactive multimedia application. This application is developed by integrating various multimedia elements such as text, animation, graphics, and audio. CAPD eBook is designated for renal patients who undergo CAPD as their dialysis method. This application is used to assist the patients in their CAPD training process. CAPD is one of the treatments that renal patients can choose to remove waste in their body. A Usability Test is performed to assess the application. The assessment includes interactivity, navigation, design, color, and integration of multimedia elements. It is found that by the usage of multimedia elements, significant impact in CAPD training for renal patients is provided.
  • Keywords
    electronic publishing; interactive systems; medical computing; multimedia systems; CAPD eBook usefulness evaluation; CAPD training process; continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis users; dialysis method; interactive multimedia application; interactivity; multimedia elements integration; multimedia navigation; patient assistance; renal patients; usability testing; waste removal; Animation; Electronic publishing; Multimedia communication; Navigation; Testing; Usability; CAPD (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis); heuristic evaluation; usability testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanities, Science and Engineering Research (SHUSER), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1311-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SHUSER.2012.6269009
  • Filename
    6269009