User study of a Spanish-language ClinicalTrials.gov prototype system

We conducted a user study of monolingual and bilingual Spanish-speaking consumers (n=36) to evaluate a Spanish-language ClinicalTrials.gov prototype. The prototype leverages an existing English-only consumer health resource by combining (1) Spanish-English cross-language information retrieval (CLIR)...

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Published inAMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings Vol. 2006; pp. 659 - 663
Main Authors Rosemblat, Graciela, Tse, Tony
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Informatics Association 2006
Subjects
Adult
Clinical Trials as Topic
Databases, Factual
Female
Humans
Language
Male
Middle Aged
Multilingualism
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Needs Assessment
Translating
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United States
United States
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Summary:We conducted a user study of monolingual and bilingual Spanish-speaking consumers (n=36) to evaluate a Spanish-language ClinicalTrials.gov prototype. The prototype leverages an existing English-only consumer health resource by combining (1) Spanish-English cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) and (2) English-Spanish document display techniques. We collected user feedback on expectations, usability, and satisfaction. Preliminary results suggest improved online information access by Spanish-speakers. The goal is to develop a general approach for other systems and languages.
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ISSN:1559-4076