Do we have to Include HCI Issues in Clinical Trials of Medical Devices?: – A Discussion

Lene Nielsen; Lars Rune Christensen; Anne Sabers

doi:10.1145/3152771.3156135

Do we have to Include HCI Issues in Clinical Trials of Medical Devices? – A Discussion

Copenhagen University Hospital
University of Copenhagen

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Abstract

Digital devices play an important role in medical treatment and will in the future play a larger role in connection to cures of health-related issues.
Traditionally medicine has been tested by clinical double blind, randomized trials to document the efficacy and safety profile. When it comes to the use of digital devices in treatments the protocols from the field of medicine is adopted. The question is whether or not this evidence based approach is useful when dealing with digital devices and whether the understanding of the efficiency of a treatment can be obtained without also looking at usability and lifestyle issues.
Based on a case study of epilepsy, a literature study of protocols for investigating treatments using digital medical devices, the set-up of studies, the design of a current protocol for clinical trials, and finally preliminary results, we discuss if clinical trials have to include usability studies to determine if a treatment is effective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OzCHI '17, Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction : November 28-December 1, 2017, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	Brisbane
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	28 Nov 2017
Pages	352-355
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5379-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156135
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2017
Event	OZCHI17: Human-Nature - Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, , Australia Duration: 28 Nov 2017 → 1 Dec 2017 Conference number: 29 http://www.ozchi.org/2017/

Conference

Conference	OZCHI17
Number	29
Location	Brisbane
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane, QLD,
Period	28/11/2017 → 01/12/2017
Internet address	http://www.ozchi.org/2017/

Keywords

Medical devise
Evidence-based medicine
Clinical Trial
usability
Lifestyle issues

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Nielsen, L., Christensen, L. R., & Sabers, A. (2017). Do we have to Include HCI Issues in Clinical Trials of Medical Devices? – A Discussion. In OzCHI '17, Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: November 28-December 1, 2017, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (pp. 352-355). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156135

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Nielsen, L , Christensen, LR & Sabers, A 2017, Do we have to Include HCI Issues in Clinical Trials of Medical Devices? – A Discussion. in OzCHI '17, Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: November 28-December 1, 2017, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Association for Computing Machinery, Brisbane, pp. 352-355, OZCHI17, Brisbane, QLD, , Australia, 28/11/2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156135

Do we have to Include HCI Issues in Clinical Trials of Medical Devices? – A Discussion. / Nielsen, Lene ; Christensen, Lars Rune; Sabers, Anne.
OzCHI '17, Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: November 28-December 1, 2017, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Brisbane: Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 352-355.

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