Applying Cognitive and Cultural Frameworks to mHealth Application Design for Elderly Users

Mia Forbes, Joyram Chakraborty, Johannes Badejo

2024

Abstract

Information and communication technologies and mobile health applications are becoming more pervasive in healthcare. Although these technologies aim to be harmoniously ubiquitous, there are important design factors that user experience practitioners must consider for optimal utilization for elderly users. User’s perceived usefulness is the driving factor for technology adoption. Incorporating cognitive and conceptual design principles such as information processing, mental models, external cognition, and emotional interaction based upon sociocultural determinants can improve the usefulness of mobile Health tools amongst elderly users. Data was obtained from a small sample (n=30) aged 75 years or older who use telehealth and mobile health apps. Findings show that users have a low perceived ease of use and usefulness of these applications based on the lack of sociocultural elements incorporated into the interface design. This paper aims to analyze the impact cognitive theories and conceptual frameworks have on mobile health design for elderly users, while bridging the gap of an existing digital divide. A qualitative study was conducted involving empirical research to define a correlational relationship between technology dissonance and elderly users for the purpose of identifying a thematic analysis.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Forbes M., Chakraborty J. and Badejo J. (2024). Applying Cognitive and Cultural Frameworks to mHealth Application Design for Elderly Users. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-679-8, SciTePress, pages 435-443. DOI: 10.5220/0012321600003660

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp24,
author={Mia Forbes and Joyram Chakraborty and Johannes Badejo},
title={Applying Cognitive and Cultural Frameworks to mHealth Application Design for Elderly Users},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP},
year={2024},
pages={435-443},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012321600003660},
isbn={978-989-758-679-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP
TI - Applying Cognitive and Cultural Frameworks to mHealth Application Design for Elderly Users
SN - 978-989-758-679-8
AU - Forbes M.
AU - Chakraborty J.
AU - Badejo J.
PY - 2024
SP - 435
EP - 443
DO - 10.5220/0012321600003660
PB - SciTePress