Evaluation of software technical quality for collecting data from patients under palliative care

Evaluación de la calidad técnica del software para la recogida de datos de pacientes en cuidados paliativos

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to evaluate software technical quality for collecting data from patients under palliative care.

Methods:

this is methodological technology evaluation research, according to the technical standard International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 25040-2011, developed from August 2021 to August 2023. Eight nurses and eight information technology professionals participated as judges, who evaluated six quality characteristics and 23 subcharacteristics. Items that reached a percentage of agreement greater than 70% were considered suitable.

Results:

the characteristics evaluated by nurses/information technology professionals received the following percentages of agreement, respectively: functional suitability (94%-84%); reliability (100-70%); usability (89.9-66.8%); performance efficiency (95.8%-86.1%); compatibility (95.8-79.6%); and safety (96%-83.4%).

Conclusions:

the software was considered suitable in quality evaluation to offer support to nurses in collecting patient data under palliative care, with the potential to operationalize the first Nursing Process stage.

Descriptors:
Palliative Care; Software; Data Collection; Nursing Process; Technology Assessment; Biomedical