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European Portuguese Validation of Usefulness, Satisfaction and Ease of Use Questionnaire (USE)

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Background: The Usefulness, Satisfaction and Ease of use (USE) is a 30-item questionnaire developed to assess self-perceived usability. Objective: The study reported in this paper supports the translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the European Portuguese version of the USE. Methods: The study was divided into two phases, the questionnaire translation and adaptation, and the assessment of its validity and reliability. Results: The questionnaire translation resulted in a European Portuguese version of the USE equivalent to the original version in terms of semantic and content, which presents an excellent internal consistency (α = 0.80), highly satisfactory ICC values (ICC = 0.69) and a high and significant correlation (r = −0.84, p < 0.05) with another widely used usability questionnaire, the Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire. Conclusion: The European Portuguese version of the USE has adequate psychometric properties that provide adequate evidence of the possibility of using this version in studies to evaluate the self-perceived usability of products or services.

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This work was partially supported by the GrowMeUp project, funded by the European Commission within the H2020-PHC-2014, (Grant Agreement: 643647).

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    Carina Dantas & Ana Luísa Jegundo

  2. Instituto Pedro Nunes, Rua Pedro Nunes, 3030-199, Coimbra, Portugal

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  3. Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Campo Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Ana Isabel Martins & Nelson Pacheco Rocha

  4. Health Sciences School, University of Aveiro, Campo Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Alexandra Queirós

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Dantas, C., Jegundo, A.L., Quintas, J., Martins, A.I., Queirós, A., Rocha, N.P. (2017). European Portuguese Validation of Usefulness, Satisfaction and Ease of Use Questionnaire (USE). In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 570. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56538-5_57

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