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Review
. 2023 Feb 2:1-22.
doi: 10.1007/s10389-023-01838-z. Online ahead of print.

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

Taleb Khodaveisi  1 , Hossein Dehdarirad  2 , Hamid Bouraghi  1 , Ali Mohammadpour  1 , Fereydun Sajadi  3 , Mohammad Hosseiniravandi  4
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Review

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

Taleb Khodaveisi et al. Z Gesundh Wiss. .

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Dashboard; Health information systems; Information management; Pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) flow diagram
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Sources of data and data collection strategies considered by the included studies
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Purposes and outcomes of the included studies
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