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Get Moving - the Practice Nurse is Watching You!

Authors:
Renée Verwey
Sanne van der Weegen
Marieke Spreeuwenberg
Huibert Tange
Trudy van der Weijden
Luc de Witte

Keywords: user-centered design; persuasive technology; physical activity; self-management support; primary care

Abstract:
This paper describes the development and testing of a web-based coaching system. The system informs the practice nurse about the level of physical activity in daily living of patients who are using the It’s LiFe! tool. Nurses can monitor patients via a secured website. Patients’ physical activity is measured in minutes per day compared to pre-set activity goals. The goals are set by the nurse in dialog with the patient. To increase the probability of effective use, the coaching system was developed and tested in an iterative way, following user-centered design principles. The needs and preferences of practice nurses were determined through qualitative research. Automatically generated feedback messages were defined based on the requirements of practice nurses. The usability of the system was evaluated in a laboratory situation. The results from these tests gave insights into how to improve the structure and the quality of the information of the system.

Pages: 188 to 193

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-252-3

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013