Understanding user requirements in take-home diabetes management technologies

Authors:
Tom Owen;George Buchanan;Harold Thimbleby
Affiliations:
Swansea University, Swansea, UK;City University, London, UK;Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Venue:
BCS-HCI '12 Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers
Year:
2012

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Abstract

People who suffer from Diabetes are required to make frequent decisions on their personal treatment based on results from glucose monitors. Yet the results returned from the devices form only a part of the decision-making process. We seek to understand the role that glucose monitors have in patient's management practices and how technology could support patients' management further. From a series of interviews, we arrive at the hypothesis that the capture of the contextual information will both aid the understanding of results, and allow for enhanced support during non-routine occurrences.