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From: Usability evaluation and adaptation of the e-health Personal Patient Profile-Prostate decision aid for Spanish-speaking Latino men

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Study process and overview of the Personal Patient Profile – Prostate (P3P) web program. (1) A research assistant monitored the sessions, prompted think-aloud feedback, probed responses, and took notes. (2) Participants accessed the program on a touch screen laptop computer. (3) Questions on demographics and personal preferences were served from (4) a platform using a technical stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP), and participant answers were stored for re-use. (5) Answers were used to build a menu from which participants could access education on topics like understanding statistics, possible outcomes of different treatment modalities, and how to discuss priority issues with their doctors. Educational material was presented via graphs, videos, on-screen text, and nine printable teaching sheets that could be used off-line

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

ISSN: 1472-6947

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