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  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Health Informatics

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  • Wearable-based stress monitoring software holds potential for vulnerable populations, including those with dementia or chronic symptoms.
  • Designing user-centered, ethical, and contextually relevant software for these groups presents significant challenges due to their specific needs.
  • The Sensors2Care project aimed to address these challenges through co-development of stress-monitoring prototypes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To operationalize the transdisciplinary approach (TDA) within a learning community (LC) for developing stress-monitoring software.
  • To identify stakeholder needs and design requirements for wearable technologies in complex healthcare settings.

Main Methods:

  • Applied a TDA embedded in an LC, combining participatory design with mixed methods across iterative components: requirements gathering, prototype development, and evaluation.
  • Utilized scoping reviews, interviews, focus groups, legal analyses, and field testing within a transdisciplinary consortium.
  • Employed user stories to capture stakeholder needs and align diverse perspectives (technical, health, legal).

Main Results:

  • Identified 7 key themes for wearable stress monitoring: strategic use, notifications, user input, data insight, data access/sharing, hardware design, and support.
  • Stakeholders highlighted needs for customization, durability, and comfort, tailored to vulnerable populations' cognitive and physical requirements.
  • Prototype evaluations confirmed practical relevance and indicated a need for user training and long-term usability insights.

Conclusions:

  • Transdisciplinary approach (TDA) within learning communities (LCs) facilitates co-development of ethical, relevant, and practical stress-monitoring software for vulnerable populations.
  • Iterative design and user stories enabled early integration of legal, health, and technical considerations, fostering collaboration.
  • Further research is needed for long-term use assessment, but TDA in LCs can enhance future professionals' collaborative problem-solving skills in healthcare.