Effectiveness of Application‐Based Dental Index Recorder on User Experience, Acceptance, Adoption, Attitude, and Perception Among Dental Students: An Interventional Study

BACKGROUND: The advent of digital tools impacted all fields, especially dentistry by improving efficiency, the development of an index recording application is warranted to enable better data storage and data safety, reduce workload and streamline the process compared to conventional methods, thus the aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an application-based dental index recorder on user experience, acceptance, adoption attitude, and perception among dental students 3 months post-intervention. METHODS: An interventional study was conducted among 150 dental students over a period of 3 months. The development of the application was carried out using the ADDIE model. Evaluation of the application was performed using pre-validated user experience and acceptance questionnaire after 3-month post-intervention and a customized validated attitude and perception questionnaire administered at baseline and 3-month post-intervention. The adoption of the application was evaluated through a customized validated questionnaire administered after 3 months. Descriptive statistics were calculated followed by chi-square and paired t-test were applied. RESULTS: High user experience scores were recorded for attractiveness (2.7 ± 0.2), efficiency (2.5 ± 0.3), and novelty (2.9 ± 0.3), along with high acceptance and adoption with 85.3% integrating the application into academic practice. After 3 months post-intervention, a statistically significant positive change in attitude and perception was observed, with mean differences of 0.8 ± 0.3 and 0.3 ± 0.3, respectively, towards the application-based dental index recorder (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: High user experience, acceptance and adoption score along with positive attitude and perception among dental students towards the application suggest that it could be used in place of conventional index recording methods.