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02-02-2023 | Coronavirus | Review Article

Characteristics and specifications of dashboards developed for the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Authors: Taleb Khodaveisi, Hossein Dehdarirad, Hamid Bouraghi, Ali Mohammadpour, Fereydun Sajadi, Mohammad Hosseiniravandi

Published in: Journal of Public Health | Issue 4/2024

Abstract

Aim

The use of information-based solutions such as dashboards is on the rise for taking fact-based actions against the COVID-19 crisis. This scoping review aimed to comprehensively investigate COVID-19 dashboards from different technical perspectives.

Subject and methods

Three main bibliographic databases, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus, were searched on 28 August 2021 to retrieve relevant studies. Arksey and O'Malley’s (Int J Soc Res Methodol 8(1):19–32, 2005) methodological framework and the enhanced version of this methodology developed by Levac et al. (Implement Sci 5(1):1–9, 2010) were adopted for conducting this review.

Results

In total, 26 articles were included. The COVID-19 dashboards mainly focused on the infected (n = 25), deceased (n = 17), and recovered cases (n = 13), as well as the performed test (n = 10). Most of the dashboards were interactive, with public accessibility targeting various user groups. While some dashboards were both informative and supportive (38%), most were mainly informative (92%). The dashboard data were generally analyzed using simple techniques (58%) and delivered through web-based applications (88%).

Conclusion

Dashboards can help immediately manage, analyze, and summarize a huge amount of information about a COVID-19 outbreak. The findings revealed that the developed COVID-19 dashboards share more or less analogous characteristics that could lay the groundwork for designing and developing dashboards for any other pandemic.

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Title: Characteristics and specifications of dashboards developed for the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review
Authors: Taleb Khodaveisi
Hossein Dehdarirad
Hamid Bouraghi
Ali Mohammadpour
Fereydun Sajadi
Mohammad Hosseiniravandi
Publication date: 02-02-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Coronavirus
COVID-19
Published in: Journal of Public Health / Issue 4/2024
Print ISSN: 2198-1833
Electronic ISSN: 1613-2238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01838-z

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Characteristics and specifications of dashboards developed for the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

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