Charting Design Preferences on Wellness Wearables

Rantakari, Juho; Inget, Virve; Colley, Ashley; Häkkilä, Jonna

doi:10.1145/2875194.2875231

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“…However, in the current study, the wearable device was more widely accepted for monitoring pain than the mobile device. As in previous studies, for example [50,51], the fact that the wearable device had a clear purpose affected its acceptance. Although a wearable device to report pain would mean carrying an additional device, the surveyed users did not feel this was a limitation.…”

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Helping Elderly Users Report Pain Levels: A Study of User Experience with Mobile and Wearable Interfaces

Rodríguez

Cajamarca

Herskovic

et al. 2017

Mobile Information Systems

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Pain is usually measured through patient reports during doctor visits, but it requires regular evaluation under real-life conditions to be resolved effectively. Over half of older adults suffer from pain. Chronic conditions such as this one may be monitored through technology; however, elderly users require technology to be specifically designed for them, because many have cognitive and physical limitations and lack digital skills. The purpose of this article is to study whether mobile or wearable devices are appropriate to self-report pain levels and to find which body position is more appropriate for elderly people to wear a device to self-report pain. We implemented three prototypes and conducted two phases of evaluation. We found that users preferred the wearable device over the mobile application and that a wearable to self-report pain should be designed specifically for this purpose. Regarding the placement of the wearable, we found that there was no preferred position overall, although the neck position received the most positive feedback. We believe that the possibility of creating a wearable device that may be placed in different positions may be the best solution to satisfy users’ individual preferences.

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“…The participants liked the immediate accessibility and limited functionality of the wearable device. One possible explanation is that users perceive mobile phones as a tool of social communication, while wearables are perceived as well-being devices [51].…”

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Helping Elderly Users Report Pain Levels: A Study of User Experience with Mobile and Wearable Interfaces

Rodríguez

Cajamarca

Herskovic

et al. 2017

Mobile Information Systems

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“…For certain extreme users, termed 'Quantified Selfers', tracking needs could be varied enough for them to design their own custom tracking tools [5]. Other studies have looked into long-term usage of fitness trackers [11], why people abandon tracking [6,9,17], and how wearability of tracking tools can be improved [12,23]. However, these are broad studies and have have addressed general health and wellness tracking.…”

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“…But during exercises or running, the same tracker should have the option to be worn at convenient locations such as wrists or arms to allow the user to access data quickly. Our recommendation builds on previous HCI research to improve wearability of activity trackers [12,23].…”

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Exploring Tracking Needs and Practices of Recreational Athletes

Pandey¹,

Nebeling²,

Park³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Demos and Posters

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Sports are the primary physical activity for over 52 million people in the United States, a vast majority of which are recreational athletes. The general tracking practices and needs of this population have not been studied. In this paper, we explore how recreational athletes use tracking technologies to track their sports performance. We conducted interviews with 25 recreational athletes that are runners, soccer, tennis, and basketball players. We found our participants engaged in supplementary physical activities like exercise and strength training to improve their sports performance. They used wearables and mobile applications to track general physical activity data. However, they were unable to track sport-specific techniques due to limitations of tracking technologies, and desired better tracking support for the same. We present design opportunities for future personal informatics tools to better support the needs of recreational athletes. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Ubiquitous and mobile computing systems and tools.

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“…Digital health technology is researched from various viewpoints, including e.g. behavior change [2], or user's design preferences [8]. The list of available digital health technologies is getting longer, and they are increasingly much applied for preventive healthcare, in self-care, and in the institutional healthcare sector.…”

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Introduction to Service Design for Digital Health

Colley

Marttila

2017

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017

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This course addresses the service design of wellness and health services which include digital components. The course will cover methodological and practical aspects of service design, focusing on three key methods-stakeholder maps, consumer journey and blueprint. The service design methods are tried out with interactive exercises, where participants in groups apply the methods to a digital health design case. Service design is an emerging field, which applies a holistic design approach to understand and design for human experience. With an increasing number of digital wellness and health services, both in commercial and public frontiers, it is important to develop services that are easy to use, and where the consumer's journey through the service pathways is fluent and consistent.

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Charting Design Preferences on Wellness Wearables

Cited by 32 publications

References 6 publications

Helping Elderly Users Report Pain Levels: A Study of User Experience with Mobile and Wearable Interfaces

Helping Elderly Users Report Pain Levels: A Study of User Experience with Mobile and Wearable Interfaces

Exploring Tracking Needs and Practices of Recreational Athletes

Introduction to Service Design for Digital Health

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