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User interface for presenting care recipients’ health data to their relatives

Axelsson, Fredrik LU (2024) MAMM01 20241
Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
Certec - Rehabilitation Engineering and Design
Abstract
As the life expectancy continues to increase in Sweden, with an estimated increase
of 5 years for women and 6 years for men between 2024 and 2070, there is an increasing
need for solutions that enables elderly people, and individuals with a need
for extra safety, to live an independent and healthy life. One solution that is under
development, is a mobile social alarm in the form of a watch, which has the ability
to record health data such as heart rate and oxygen saturation. This data would then
be visible to the users’ relatives to provide safety regarding their well-being. This
master’s thesis describes a user centered design process used when creating a prototype
of a user interface suitable for presenting health data. The... (More)
As the life expectancy continues to increase in Sweden, with an estimated increase
of 5 years for women and 6 years for men between 2024 and 2070, there is an increasing
need for solutions that enables elderly people, and individuals with a need
for extra safety, to live an independent and healthy life. One solution that is under
development, is a mobile social alarm in the form of a watch, which has the ability
to record health data such as heart rate and oxygen saturation. This data would then
be visible to the users’ relatives to provide safety regarding their well-being. This
master’s thesis describes a user centered design process used when creating a prototype
of a user interface suitable for presenting health data. The thesis was performed
between April and September 2024 in collaboration with Careium Sweden AB. The
design process started by establishing the users’ needs, which was done through a
questionnaire and interviews of potential users. Upon establishing the needs, design
concepts were created, which were turned into low-fidelity prototypes and later into
an interactive, high-fidelity prototype. The final prototype was evaluated through usability
testing with potential users, where the design received a SUS score of 91.75.
The thesis also discusses the value the health data can give to the relatives of the
user of the mobile social alarm as well as discussing medical device classification in
Sweden and the EU. (Less)
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Axelsson, Fredrik LU
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MAMM01 20241
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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language
English
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9178265
date added to LUP
2024-11-28 13:16:24
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  abstract     = {{As the life expectancy continues to increase in Sweden, with an estimated increase
of 5 years for women and 6 years for men between 2024 and 2070, there is an increasing
need for solutions that enables elderly people, and individuals with a need
for extra safety, to live an independent and healthy life. One solution that is under
development, is a mobile social alarm in the form of a watch, which has the ability
to record health data such as heart rate and oxygen saturation. This data would then
be visible to the users’ relatives to provide safety regarding their well-being. This
master’s thesis describes a user centered design process used when creating a prototype
of a user interface suitable for presenting health data. The thesis was performed
between April and September 2024 in collaboration with Careium Sweden AB. The
design process started by establishing the users’ needs, which was done through a
questionnaire and interviews of potential users. Upon establishing the needs, design
concepts were created, which were turned into low-fidelity prototypes and later into
an interactive, high-fidelity prototype. The final prototype was evaluated through usability
testing with potential users, where the design received a SUS score of 91.75.
The thesis also discusses the value the health data can give to the relatives of the
user of the mobile social alarm as well as discussing medical device classification in
Sweden and the EU.}},
  author       = {{Axelsson, Fredrik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{User interface for presenting care recipients’ health data to their relatives}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}