Towards Inclusive Diagnostics for Neglected Tropical Diseases: User Experience of a New Digital Diagnostic Device in Low-Income Settings
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Published:2023-03-16
Issue:3
Volume:8
Page:176
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ISSN:2414-6366
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Container-title:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
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language:en
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Short-container-title:TropicalMed
Author:
Onasanya Adeola1ORCID, Bengtson Michel2, Agbana Temitope3, Oladunni Opeyemi4ORCID, van Engelen Jo1, Oladepo Oladimeji5, Diehl Jan Carel1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Sustainable Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands 2. Centre of Infectious Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands 3. AiDx Medical BV, 2641 KM Pijnacker, The Netherlands 4. Department of Public Health, Adeleke University, Ede 232104, Nigeria 5. Department of Health Promotion and Education, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200132, Nigeria
Abstract
Designing new and inclusive diagnostic tools to detect Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) to achieve rational disease control requires a co-design process where end-users’ input is important. Failure to involve all potential end-users in new diagnostics for NTDs can result in low use and adoption failure, leading to persistent infection hot spots and ineffective disease control. There are different categories of potential end-users of new diagnostic tools for NTD control, and it is unclear if there are differences between the user efficiency, effectiveness, perception, and acceptability across these end-user categories. This study evaluated the usability, user perception, contextual factors affecting the user’s experience, and acceptability of a new digital optical diagnostic device for NTDs across three types of potential end users. A total of 21 participants were tested. Laboratory scientists, technicians, and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) in training achieved similar scores on the usability and user perception questionnaires with no statistically significant difference between end-user categories. All participants also have high scores for the user perception domains which strongly correlate with the acceptability of the AiDx NTDx Assist device. This study indicates that, by providing digital diagnostic tools in combination with minimal training and support, CHEWs undergoing training and, by extension, CHEWs post-training, can be involved in the diagnoses of NTDs, potentially enhancing a community’s capabilities to diagnose, treat, and control NTDs.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Immunology and Microbiology
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