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Laura Haase1,2, Brita Sedlmayr1, Ian-C Jung1
1Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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.
