Elderly and Tablets: Considerations and Suggestions About the Design of Proper Applications

Sciarretta, Eliseo; Ingrosso, Andrea; Volpi, Valentina; Opromolla, Antonio; Grimaldi, Roberta

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_49

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“…In addition, anything given to patients must be able to be sanitized to prevent patient-to-patient transmission of infection, which may be difficult with commodity smartphones and tablets. Finally, the demographics of the patients who would benefit from pain logging, such as joint replacement surgery or chronic pain patients, tend to be older, have other co-morbidities (such as arthritis which may inhibit touchscreen use [35]), and may not be familiar with smartphones or tablets.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This means that their preference for Painpad might disappear, given sufficient opportunities to become accustomed to tablet-based interaction. However, it is worth considering that capacitive touch-screens can appear less responsive to older adults because skin conductance lowers with age due to the skin becoming more dry and less conductive [35]. A tangible, push-button interface like that of Painpad may therefore be most applicable when data needs to be collected from an older adult population.…”

Section: User Experiences Of Pain Logging With Painpadmentioning

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Mehta

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Monitoring patients' pain is a critical issue for clinical caregivers, particularly among staff responsible for providing analgesic relief. However, collecting regularly scheduled pain readings from patients can be difficult and time-consuming for clinicians. In this paper we present Painpad, a tangible device that was developed to allow patients to engage in self-logging of their pain. We report findings from two hospital-based field studies in which Painpad was deployed to a total of 78 inpatients recovering from ambulatory surgery. We find that Painpad results in improved frequency and compliance with pain logging, and that self-logged scores may be more faithful to patients' experienced pain than corresponding scores reported to nurses. We also show that older adults may prefer tangible interfaces over tablet-based alternatives for reporting their pain, and we contribute design lessons for pain logging devices intended for use in hospital settings.

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“…Multi-touch interaction may be uncomfortable for users with reduced coordination between motor and cognitive skills [16]. Some researchers have recommended the use of tangible user interfaces (TUI), e.g.…”

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Aestimo: A Tangible Kit to Evaluate Older Adults’ User Experience

Rodríguez

Karyda

Lucero

et al. 2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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Surveys and questionnaires are commonly used to capture people's experiences with technology. However, some older users experience issues when reading and filling out forms, and inexperienced computer users may not be comfortable with web-based versions. To improve the report of user experience, we designed and implemented Aestimo, a tangible interface based on a shortened version of the AttrakDiff questionnaire. The interface was evaluated during a study with 20 older adults (age avg.=65.6). Although completing the Aestimo questionnaire took longer than a paper-and-pen version of AttrakDiff, 60% of participants preferred Aestimo over AttrakDiff. Aestimo was found to be innovative and inviting, and to stimulate the senses and the mind. Participants liked feeling guided by the interface, and also found their experience to be playful and fun. Overall, the evaluation of Aestimo was highly positive and suggests that some user groups may benefit from the availability of innovative evaluation experiences.

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