Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Jan 8, 2024
Date Accepted: Feb 29, 2024
Satisfaction and Capability of the Tooth Memo-an Application for Recording Oral Health Information: Cross-Sectional Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Digitalizing the data through an application (app) can help manage the extensive data from the Oral Health Survey. The Tooth Memo app collected data from oral health surveys and personal health information.
Objective:
This study aims to evaluate the Tooth Memo app's capability and users' satisfaction level.
Methods:
In the oral health surveys part of the Tooth Memo app, comparison of different data entry methods and evaluation of user satisfaction were evaluated. Three data recorders of different data entry methods entered patient’s information on DMFT (Decayed, Missing, and Filled tooth index) and CPI (Community Periodontal Index) from a reader who read aloud simultaneously. The time required for data entry, analysis, and summary of oral health survey data among three methods: (1) Pen-and-Paper (Manual), (2) IOS App, and (3) Android App were compared. The reliability was evaluated by percent disagreement and Kappa. The fifth-year dental students who collected the oral health survey data during their clinical work through the Tooth Memo evaluated their satisfaction with the Tooth Memo app after their clinical work. Lay people who were interested in recording their oral health information evaluated their satisfaction through a Likert scale questionnaire after trying to input their data with the Tooth Memo app. The satisfaction for those two parts was the same set of questions about the design, usage, and overall satisfaction.
Results:
Out of 103 dental records on DMFT and CPI, there are 177 missing data points (5.37%) in the Manual data entries, while there was no missing data on tooth status from Android, IOS, or CPI from any of the three methods. Transferring data from paper to computer took an average of 55 seconds per case. The manual method required 182 minutes more than the IOS or Android methods to clean the missing data, transfer, and analyze the data on tooth status from 103 patients. Users, 109 fifth-year dental students and 134 lay people, expressed high satisfaction with using the Tooth Memo app. The overall satisfaction of the Oral Health Survey ranged between 3 and 10, with an average (SD) of 7.86 (1.46). The overall satisfaction of the Personal Oral Health Record users ranged between 4 and 10, with an average (SD) of 8.09 (1.28).
Conclusions:
The Tooth Memo highlighted its superior capabilities to manual data entry. The user reported high satisfaction when using the app.
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