Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Mar 3, 2022
Date Accepted: Jun 23, 2022
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Developing an mHealth Application for Empowering Cancer Survivors with Disabilities: A User-Centered Co-Design Approach
ABSTRACT
Background:
The transition from active treatment to long-term cancer survivorship leaves the needs of many cancer survivors unaddressed as they struggle with physical, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of cancer and its treatment. The lack of guidance following treatment has forced cancer survivors to manage long-term effects on their own, impacting their overall health, quality of life, and social participation.
Objective:
To bridge this gap, we aim to design a self-management mobile health (mHealth) application for cancer survivors with disabilities that will offer interventions to improve their quality of life and increase their self-efficacy to manage cancer as a chronic condition.
Methods:
We organized three co-design workshops with cancer survivors for developing and critiquing personas and prototypes.
Results:
These workshops helped us define the challenges cancer survivors with disabilities face as well as important considerations when designing an mHealth app for cancer survivors with disabilities, such as including flexibility, engagement, socialization, and a minimalistic design. We also outline guidelines for other researchers when planning their own co-design workshops.
Conclusions:
Using a user-centered co-design process aided us in developing a prototype of an mHealth application for cancer survivors with disabilities.
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