Wearable Design for Epilepsy Patients: Human-Centered Design and Speculative Design for a Positive User Experience

Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.54941/ahfe1001401

D. Parilli, Daniela Moreira, Patricia Estanqueiro, Rodrigo Ramirez, Hande Ayanoglu

{"title":"Wearable Design for Epilepsy Patients: Human-Centered Design and Speculative Design for a Positive User Experience","authors":"D. Parilli, Daniela Moreira, Patricia Estanqueiro, Rodrigo Ramirez, Hande Ayanoglu","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1001401","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Despite encouraging indicators that epilepsy cases can be prevented with low-cost, efficient drugs, a significant number of patients are resistant to treatment. Constant monitoring is one technique to get around this problem. Wearables are a suitable alternative, but they must deliver a positive user experience; hence, they must consider “material” and functional factors. Human-Centred Design (HCD) is an effective method to achieve that because it focuses on users’ needs. However, HCD is concerned with the potential problem space but overlooks some essential features of technological use. Speculative design is a method for investigating potential design outcomes and possibilities that may arise in the future (i.e., problems concerning privacy). In this sense, the paper argues that speculative design can extend HCD to create wearables for epilepsy patients who require constant monitoring.Keywords: Epilepsy, Human-Centered Design, Privacy, Speculative Design, User Experience, Wearables","PeriodicalId":308830,"journal":{"name":"Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001401","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Despite encouraging indicators that epilepsy cases can be prevented with low-cost, efficient drugs, a significant number of patients are resistant to treatment. Constant monitoring is one technique to get around this problem. Wearables are a suitable alternative, but they must deliver a positive user experience; hence, they must consider “material” and functional factors. Human-Centred Design (HCD) is an effective method to achieve that because it focuses on users’ needs. However, HCD is concerned with the potential problem space but overlooks some essential features of technological use. Speculative design is a method for investigating potential design outcomes and possibilities that may arise in the future (i.e., problems concerning privacy). In this sense, the paper argues that speculative design can extend HCD to create wearables for epilepsy patients who require constant monitoring.Keywords: Epilepsy, Human-Centered Design, Privacy, Speculative Design, User Experience, Wearables

查看原文本刊更多论文

癫痫患者可穿戴设计:以人为本的设计和积极用户体验的思辨设计

尽管有令人鼓舞的迹象表明，可以用低成本、高效的药物来预防癫痫病例，但仍有相当数量的患者对治疗产生抗药性。持续监控是解决这个问题的一种技术。可穿戴设备是一个合适的选择，但它们必须提供积极的用户体验;因此，他们必须考虑“物质”和功能因素。以人为本的设计(HCD)是实现这一目标的有效方法，因为它关注用户的需求。然而，HCD关注的是潜在的问题空间，而忽略了技术使用的一些基本特征。推测性设计是一种调查未来可能出现的潜在设计结果和可能性(即有关隐私的问题)的方法。从这个意义上说，论文认为投机设计可以扩展HCD，为需要持续监测的癫痫患者创造可穿戴设备。关键词:癫痫，以人为本的设计，隐私，思辨设计，用户体验，可穿戴设备

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies

自引率

0.00%

发文量