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A Computer-Based Platform for Aiding Clinicians in Eating Disorder Analysis and Diagnosis

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User-centered design for technology-enabled services for eating disorders.

Andrea K Graham^1,2, Jennifer E Wildes³, Madhu Reddy⁴

¹Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

The International Journal of Eating Disorders

|July 18, 2019

Summary

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User-centered design (UCD) methods improve technology-enabled services for eating disorders by ensuring they fit user needs and contexts. This approach enhances engagement and clinical impact by involving stakeholders throughout the iterative design process.

Keywords:

digital eating disorders human-computer interaction technology-enabled services user-centered design

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Area of Science:

Digital Health
Human-Computer Interaction
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Technology-enabled services often fail due to poor alignment with user needs and real-world contexts.
User-centered design (UCD) addresses this by prioritizing stakeholder input and contextual understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

To present UCD methods applicable to technology-enabled services for eating disorders.
To demonstrate how UCD can improve the design and effectiveness of digital health interventions.

Main Methods:

Overview of the iterative UCD process involving stakeholders.
Presentation of a six-phase UCD model: investigate, ideate, prototype, evaluate, refine and develop, validate.
Application of UCD techniques to a hypothetical case for binge eating disorder services.

Main Results:

UCD techniques can be rapidly implemented to gather stakeholder feedback and identify design issues early.
A hypothetical case illustrates applying UCD to a technology-enabled service for binge eating.
Integrating services into existing user routines enhances relevance and meets stakeholder needs.

Conclusions:

Designing technology-enabled services with UCD ensures relevance and meets user needs.
UCD can significantly improve engagement and clinical impact for eating disorder interventions.
Early identification of user needs through UCD prevents wasted resources on ineffective technologies.