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Designing an mHealth Application to Support Horse Owners in Assessing their Horses’ Health Status – Results of a Usability Test
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Published: | September 6, 2024 |
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Introduction: Existing research agrees that a well-thought design of the user interface is a key point for an mHealth application for animal owners, supporting them obtain information and make decisions regarding their pet’s specific situation. However, there is currently a lack of specific advice on the design of such an application.
Methods: As part of a user-centered design (UCD) process, a formative, explorative usability test with n=5 users was conducted for collecting design ideas. The test was conducted for two applications that were already available on the market.
Results: The need of supporting comprehensive information input in guided processes that can be adapted to the individual level of knowledge, was identified as a key aspect.
Conclusion: In this paper, recommendations for the design of a suitable user interface are suggested to support application developers and designers.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
The authors declare that an ethics committee vote is not required.