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Enhancing System Acceptance through User-Centred Design: Integrating Patient Generated Wellness Data

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العنوان: Enhancing System Acceptance through User-Centred Design: Integrating Patient Generated Wellness Data
المؤلفون: Sarita Pais, Krassie Petrova, Dave Parry
المصدر: Sensors, Vol 22, Iss 1, p 45 (2021)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Chemical technology
مصطلحات موضوعية: gestational diabetes mellitus, user-centred design, system acceptance, TAM, UCD, think-aloud protocol, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
الوصف: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition that appears during pregnancy and is expected to be a temporary one. While patients are encouraged to manage it themselves, research findings indicate that GDM may negatively affect the foetus; in addition, there is an increased risk of women with GDM subsequently developing Type 2 diabetes. To alleviate the risks, women with GDM are advised to maintain a record of their diet and blood glucose levels and to attend regular clinical reviews. Rather than using a paper diary, women with GDM can maintain a record of their blood glucose level readings and other relevant data using a wellness mobile application (app). However, such apps are developed for general use and may not meet the specific needs of clinical staff (physicians, dietitians, obstetricians and midwives) involved in managing GDM; for example, an app may record glucose readings but not the details of a meal taken before or after the glucose reading. Second, the apps do not permanently store the data generated by the patient and do not support the transfer of these data to a clinical system or information portal. The mobile health (mHealth) system designed and developed in this research allows one to integrate different types of user generated wellness data into a centralised database. A user-centered design (UCD) approach informed by the technology acceptance model (TAM) was adopted. This paper investigates and evaluates the effectiveness of the approach with regard to facilitating system acceptance and future adoption through an early focus on enhancing system usefulness and ease of use. The functional system requirements of the proposed system were refined through a series of interviews with the perspective of clinical users; ease-of-use and usability issues were resolved through ‘think aloud’ sessions with clinicians and GDM patients.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1424-8220
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/1/45; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s22010045
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/47d190986bf14cfda882e3304b741b19
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.47d190986bf14cfda882e3304b741b19
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14248220
DOI:10.3390/s22010045