Avaliação da usabilidade de um aplicativo móvel como facilitador de acesso a serviços de saúde de atenção à gestante de em uma maternidade no sul do Maranhão

Abstract

Introduction:Access to health actions and services that integrate the principle of universality of the Unified Health System (SUS) is still a challenge for most Brazilians. In the last decade, information and communication technologies have often been used in healthcare. Methods:In order to evaluate usability, the S.U.S. Questionnaire was applied. (System Usability Scale) in twenty professionals distributed as follows: 07 doctors, 06 nurses, 02 social workers, 01 physiotherapist 01 nutritionist and 03 nursing technicians who agreed to participate in the study. The US It is one of the most used scales to check the usability level of a system. Results and Discussion:In the test result the usability qualifiers ranged from Good (56-70); Excellent (71-85) and Best Achievable (86-100). Thus, 20% of professionals rated Good 45% of professionals Excellent and 35% of Professionals Best Achievable. These results demonstrate that the application is usual and constitutes a tool that streamlines communication and facilitates accessto faster care. Conclusion:The usability testing of the application demonstrated that it can be used to facilitate the pregnant woman's access to health services.