Human Centred Design Considerations for Connected Health Devices for the Older Adult

Connected health devices are generally designed for unsupervised use, by non-healthcare professionals, facilitating independent control of the individuals own healthcare. Older adults are major users of such devices and are a population significantly increasing in size. This group presents challenge...

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Autores principales: Harte, Richard P., Glynn, Liam G., Broderick, Barry J., Rodriguez-Molinero, Alejandro, Baker, Paul M. A., McGuiness, Bernadette, O’Sullivan, Leonard, Diaz, Marta, Quinlan, Leo R., ÓLaighin, Gearóid
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25563225
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm4020245
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author Harte, Richard P.
Glynn, Liam G.
Broderick, Barry J.
Rodriguez-Molinero, Alejandro
Baker, Paul M. A.
McGuiness, Bernadette
O’Sullivan, Leonard
Diaz, Marta
Quinlan, Leo R.
ÓLaighin, Gearóid
author_facet Harte, Richard P.
Glynn, Liam G.
Broderick, Barry J.
Rodriguez-Molinero, Alejandro
Baker, Paul M. A.
McGuiness, Bernadette
O’Sullivan, Leonard
Diaz, Marta
Quinlan, Leo R.
ÓLaighin, Gearóid
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description Connected health devices are generally designed for unsupervised use, by non-healthcare professionals, facilitating independent control of the individuals own healthcare. Older adults are major users of such devices and are a population significantly increasing in size. This group presents challenges due to the wide spectrum of capabilities and attitudes towards technology. The fit between capabilities of the user and demands of the device can be optimised in a process called Human Centred Design. Here we review examples of some connected health devices chosen by random selection, assess older adult known capabilities and attitudes and finally make analytical recommendations for design approaches and design specifications.
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spelling pubmed-42639752014-12-15 Human Centred Design Considerations for Connected Health Devices for the Older Adult Harte, Richard P. Glynn, Liam G. Broderick, Barry J. Rodriguez-Molinero, Alejandro Baker, Paul M. A. McGuiness, Bernadette O’Sullivan, Leonard Diaz, Marta Quinlan, Leo R. ÓLaighin, Gearóid J Pers Med Review Connected health devices are generally designed for unsupervised use, by non-healthcare professionals, facilitating independent control of the individuals own healthcare. Older adults are major users of such devices and are a population significantly increasing in size. This group presents challenges due to the wide spectrum of capabilities and attitudes towards technology. The fit between capabilities of the user and demands of the device can be optimised in a process called Human Centred Design. Here we review examples of some connected health devices chosen by random selection, assess older adult known capabilities and attitudes and finally make analytical recommendations for design approaches and design specifications. MDPI 2014-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4263975/ /pubmed/25563225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm4020245 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Diaz, Marta
Quinlan, Leo R.
ÓLaighin, Gearóid
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