Developing A User-Centric Health Self-Management Application

• Main Authors: Fei Chieh Wen, 溫斐婕
• Other Authors: Yuh Jue Chuang
• Format: Others
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03922712243976841721

碩士 === 長庚大學 === 醫務管理學系 === 100 === Self-Management is an important part of health promotion. The rapid booming technology industry has made hand-held electronic mobile devices (smart phones) more and more popular around the world. It provides not only instant replies, but also portable and quick access; moreover it is effective in enhancing user self-management efficiency. Although there are thousands of smart phone applications, the quality varies greatly. Some of those applications provide limited category, lack of information integration and fail to be user-centered. Now we are unable to find one application that fully meets the demands for monitoring diet, exercise and blood glucose yet. In this study, we hope to design a user-centric application which has a simple user interface that allows an easy access to an application by MIT（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）App Inventor Beta program. The application provides complete categories of health management (diet, exercise and blood sugar) with a rich food and exercise database for users to browse and save the information in time and personal setting to be adjusted for users’ needs. Furthermore, the database is built in the program to offer instant browsing and records without internet access. In conclusion, health self-management application constructed in this study has a very high user satisfaction.