TY - GEN
T1 - M-health application interface design for symptom checking
AU - Copeland, Christopher
AU - Morreale, Patricia
AU - Li, J. Jenny
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 MCCSIS 2018 - Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of the International Conferences on e-Health 2018, ICT, Society, and Human Beings 2018 and Web Based Communities and Social Media 2018. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The demand for mobile health (mHealth) information by today’s wireless users has never been greater. Apart from proprietary applications, linked to pharmacies and other medical and wellness service providers, a widely-used simple health and wellness symptom checker is not yet available. A mHealth symptom checker, envisioned with basic diagnostics and using location information, was designed to provide first-level diagnosis and direction for users seeking information regarding their self-reported health and wellness symptoms. This research project used human computer interaction (HCI) principles to develop a user-centered mHealth symptom checker to narrow the user inquiries and provide prompt information based on the symptoms reported by the users. A user evaluation, based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) and the Usability Metric for User Experience LITE (UMUX-LITE), was conducted. The results show the mHealth application was well-regarded by users, who appreciated the accessible interface design and location-specific information provided. Plans are for further development of the mHealth application and integration with heath care sites, including urgent care clinics and hospitals to provide users with responsive, personalized care from the mHealth application.
AB - The demand for mobile health (mHealth) information by today’s wireless users has never been greater. Apart from proprietary applications, linked to pharmacies and other medical and wellness service providers, a widely-used simple health and wellness symptom checker is not yet available. A mHealth symptom checker, envisioned with basic diagnostics and using location information, was designed to provide first-level diagnosis and direction for users seeking information regarding their self-reported health and wellness symptoms. This research project used human computer interaction (HCI) principles to develop a user-centered mHealth symptom checker to narrow the user inquiries and provide prompt information based on the symptoms reported by the users. A user evaluation, based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) and the Usability Metric for User Experience LITE (UMUX-LITE), was conducted. The results show the mHealth application was well-regarded by users, who appreciated the accessible interface design and location-specific information provided. Plans are for further development of the mHealth application and integration with heath care sites, including urgent care clinics and hospitals to provide users with responsive, personalized care from the mHealth application.
KW - Application interface design
KW - MHealth
KW - Mobile health
KW - Symptom checker
KW - System usability scale
KW - UMUX-LITE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054188116&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054188116
SN - 9789898533777
T3 - MCCSIS 2018 - Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of the International Conferences on e-Health 2018, ICT, Society, and Human Beings 2018 and Web Based Communities and Social Media 2018
SP - 210
EP - 214
BT - MCCSIS 2018 - Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of the International Conferences on e-Health 2018, ICT, Society, and Human Beings 2018 and Web Based Communities and Social Media 2018
A2 - Kommers, Piet
A2 - Rodrigues, Luis
A2 - Macedo, Mario
PB - IADIS
T2 - 10th International Conference on e-Health 2018, the 11th International Conference on ICT, Society, and Human Beings 2018 and of the 15th International Conference Web Based Communities and Social Media 2018, part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2018, MCCSIS 2018
Y2 - 17 July 2018 through 19 July 2018
ER -