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the lengthiness of the scales, which is inconvenient to carry around when exercising nursing tasks. The SANS scale
has 25 assessment items, each with 5 to 6 symptom descriptions, while the SAPS scale consists of 34 items, each
with 6 symptom descriptions. We have incorporated the two scales in our system so that students could conduct
assessment tasks using their PDA. Figure 4 shows a page from the SANS scale which lists assessment categories of
hallucination. Figure 5 is the page which follows when students select the “Auditory Hallucination” category.
Students would then need to check one of the symptom descriptions which best suited the patient. Once students
finished the assessment and tapped the “submit” button, the assessment results would be transmitted to the database
in the course server.
Figure 4. Symptom assessment for hallucination
Figure 5. Checking a patient’s symptom of auditory hallucination
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