Usabilty Evaluation of a Prototype Mobile App for Health Management for Persons Living with HIV

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016:225:481-5.

Abstract

Mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps) have the potential to support self-management and improve health outcomes in persons living with HIV (PLWH). In this paper, we report on the final step in a three-stage user-centered design process for the development of a mHealth app for PLWH. We conducted a usability evaluation with 10 targeted end-users and a heuristic evaluation with 5 persons with informatics expertise to assess the usability of a prototype mHealth app for PLWH to manage their health. At the end of our usability evaluation, we finalized a Design Document that included the user interface design and functional specifications of the mHealth app. The functional areas which were identified at the end of our iterative process included: Communication, Reminders, Medication Logs, Lab Reports, Pharmacy Info, Nutrition and Fitness, Resources and Settings.

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections / therapy*
  • Health Services Needs and Demand / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Mobile Applications*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Reminder Systems*
  • Remote Consultation / organization & administration*
  • Self Care / methods*
  • Software Design
  • Therapy, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • User-Computer Interface