A Self-Management System for Chronically Ill Patients

Abstract

This article describes the User Centered Design Process for providing chronically ill patients tools to better self-manage their conditions. Stroke, congestive heart failure and chronic pain are complex conditions in which regulated physical activity can provide real improvement of symptoms and health conditions. In particular the work is focused on how the authors gathered the guidelines from the patients, how they translated them into interface design and how did the patients react to the paper prototypes. Paper prototyping is a quick, inexpensive and easily modifiable way to create intermediate artifacts that can be iteratively modified by early evaluation with intended users.