Wellness applications -- ui design to support long-term usage motivation

  • Authors:
  • Aino Ahtinen

  • Affiliations:
  • Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

  • Venue:
  • CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Due to the high penetration rate of mobile phones today, they have the potential to provide accessible and easy-to-use applications that help people manage their health and be physically more active. This paper describes the aim and progress of the author's PhD studies on the user interaction, usability and motivational issues related to mobile wellness applications.