TY - GEN
T1 - A longitudinal evaluation of the acceptability and impact of a diet diary app for older adults with age-related macular degeneration
AU - Hakobyan, Lilit
AU - Lumsden, Jo
AU - Shaw, Rachel
AU - O'Sullivan, Dympna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/9/6
Y1 - 2016/9/6
N2 - Ongoing advances in technology are increasing the scope for enhancing and supporting older adults' daily living. The digital divide between older and younger adults raises concerns, however, about the suitability of technological solutions for older adults, especially for those with impairments. Taking older adults with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) as a case study, we used user-centred and participatory design approaches to develop an assistive mobile app for self-monitoring their intake of food [12,13]. In this paper we report on findings of a longitudinal field evaluation of our app that was conducted to investigate how it was received and adopted by older adults with AMD and its impact on their lives. Demonstrating the benefit of applying inclusive design methods for technology for older adults, our findings reveal how the use of the app raises participants' awareness and facilitates self-monitoring of diet, encourages positive (diet) behaviour change, and encourages learning.
AB - Ongoing advances in technology are increasing the scope for enhancing and supporting older adults' daily living. The digital divide between older and younger adults raises concerns, however, about the suitability of technological solutions for older adults, especially for those with impairments. Taking older adults with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) as a case study, we used user-centred and participatory design approaches to develop an assistive mobile app for self-monitoring their intake of food [12,13]. In this paper we report on findings of a longitudinal field evaluation of our app that was conducted to investigate how it was received and adopted by older adults with AMD and its impact on their lives. Demonstrating the benefit of applying inclusive design methods for technology for older adults, our findings reveal how the use of the app raises participants' awareness and facilitates self-monitoring of diet, encourages positive (diet) behaviour change, and encourages learning.
KW - Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Diet diary
KW - Health behaviour change
KW - Mobile apps
KW - Older adults
KW - User-centred design (UCD)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991336330&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2935334.2935356
DO - 10.1145/2935334.2935356
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84991336330
T3 - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016
SP - 124
EP - 134
BT - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016
Y2 - 6 September 2016 through 9 September 2016
ER -
