Abstract
Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of developing and using a voice recognition computerized charting system to record dental clinical examination data. More specifically, the study was designed to analyze the time and error differential between the traditional examiner/recorder method (ASSISTANT) and computerized voice recognition method (VOICE). DMFS examinations were performed twice on 20 patients using the traditional ASSISTANT and the VOICE charting system. A statistically significant difference was found when comparing the mean ASSISTANT time of 2.69 min to the VOICE time of 3.72 min (P < 0.001). No statistically significant difference was found when comparing the mean ASSISTANT recording errors of 0.1 to VOICE recording errors of 0.6 (P= 0.059). 90% of the patients indicated they felt comfortable with the dentist talking to a computer and only 5% of the sample indicated they opposed VOICE. Results from this pilot study indicate that a charting system utilizing voice recognition technology could be considered a viable alternative to traditional examiner/recorder methods of clinical charting.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 213-215 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1990 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Dentistry(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Keywords
- computer voice recognition
- computerized charting system
- data transfer
- epidemiology, dental
- microcomputer