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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Digital Mental Health
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1244013
This article is part of the Research Topic Improving Outcomes in Autism Spectrum Disorders for Adults View all 6 articles

Usability Evaluation Methods and Life Skills for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Systematic Literature Review

Provisionally accepted
Hamid Ullah Hamid Ullah 1Sadaqat Jan Sadaqat Jan 2Inayat Khan Inayat Khan 3Syed Zafar Ali Shah Syed Zafar Ali Shah 2Badam Niazi Badam Niazi 4*
  • 1 Department of Computer Software Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 2 Department of Computer Software Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan., Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 3 Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan., Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 4 Faculty of Computer Science, Nangarhar University, Jalalabad, Afghanistan., Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan

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    Introduction: Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often show a strong affinity for software applications, yet research frequently overlooks the DSM-5 challenges related to communication, social interaction, and behavior when designing these applications.Objective: This systematic literature review (SLR) investigates usability evaluation methods (UEMs) and life skills in individuals with ASD, focusing on social interaction, communication, and behavioral domains.Methods: For this SLR, we defined the inclusion and exclusion criteria using the Tollgate approach and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews standards. We used the following databases: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Springer Link, Science Direct, and Google Scholar.We retrieved 3,436 articles and included 65 papers in this SLR after applying the inclusion criteria. Our findings indicate that questionnaires are the most commonly used usability evaluation methods (UEMs) for individuals with ASD, accounting for 24.18% of utilization. Furthermore, UEMs that target social interaction and communication issues among ASD users are substantially more prevalent than those addressing other challenges.This SLR enhances our understanding of UEMs used for social interaction, communication, and behavioral for individuals with ASD.Based on these findings and analysis, developers can customize applications to enhance the social, communication, and behavioral skills of individuals with ASD.

    Keywords: Systematic Literature Review, usability, improve, Digital Health, Autism Spectrum Disorders, interfaces

    Received: 21 Jun 2023; Accepted: 22 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ullah, Jan, Khan, Ali Shah and Niazi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Badam Niazi, Faculty of Computer Science, Nangarhar University, Jalalabad, Afghanistan., Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan

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