Yu Daihua X, Parmanto Bambang, Dicianno Brad E, Pramana Gede
Department of Health Information Management at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in Pittsburgh, PA.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2015 Apr 1;12(Spring):1h. eCollection 2015.
As the smartphone becomes ubiquitous, mobile health is becoming a viable technology to empower individuals to engage in preventive self-care. An innovative mobile health system called iMHere (Internet Mobile Health and Rehabilitation) has been developed at the University of Pittsburgh to support self-care and adherence to self-care regimens for individuals with spina bifida and other complex conditions who are vulnerable to secondary complications. The goal of this study was to explore the accessibility of iMHere apps for individuals with spina bifida. Six participants were asked to perform tasks in a lab environment. Though all of the participants were satisfied with the iMHere apps and would use them again in the future, their needs and preferences to access and use iMHere apps differed. Personalization that provides the ability for a participant to modify the appearance of content, such as the size of the icons and the color of text, could be an ideal solution to address potential issues and barriers to accessibility. The importance of personalization--and potential strategies--for accessibility are discussed.
随着智能手机的普及,移动健康正成为一种可行的技术,使个人能够参与预防性自我护理。匹兹堡大学开发了一种名为iMHere(互联网移动健康与康复)的创新移动健康系统,以支持脊柱裂和其他易患继发性并发症的复杂疾病患者的自我护理及坚持自我护理方案。本研究的目的是探索iMHere应用程序对脊柱裂患者的可及性。六名参与者被要求在实验室环境中执行任务。尽管所有参与者都对iMHere应用程序感到满意,并愿意在未来再次使用,但他们访问和使用iMHere应用程序的需求和偏好各不相同。能够让参与者修改内容外观(如图标大小和文本颜色)的个性化设置,可能是解决可及性潜在问题和障碍的理想解决方案。文中讨论了个性化对于可及性的重要性以及潜在策略。