User-Centred Design with a Remote Approach: Experiences from the Chronic Pain Project

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Nov 23:275:197-201. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200722.

Abstract

User-centred design involves end-users or user groups during all the parts of the development process. The research project Chronic Pain aims to develop a shared decision making application for patients and physicians, addressing individually adapted pain treatment. The project employs a user-centred design process, and in middle of it, Covid-19 pandemic social distancing restrictions were imposed. This paper presents how the user-centred design process together with a patient organisation was transformed to a digital approach and the experiences from performing a remote co-creation user workshop. The digital approximation had a satisfactory result and the main contribution lies in the sharing of recommendations for how to practically apply a remote user-centred design methodology.

Keywords: User-centred design; chronic pain management; decision support; digital services; video conference.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Chronic Pain* / therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections*
  • Humans
  • Pain Management
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Telemedicine