Joint Venture: Designing a Digital Solution for Monitoring Arthroplasty Patients’ Movement Patterns
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Interaction design and technologies (MPIDE), MSc
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Ingheden, Agaton
Sjöberg, Sofia
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This Master’s thesis explores the design of a mobile application for enhancing postarthroplasty
care through self-tracking. The primary goal is to provide a userfriendly
interface for caregivers to monitor and support patient rehabilitation after
arthroplasty.
Current rehabilitation practices within arthroplasty often lack digital solutions that
can monitor and encourage patient mobility and compliance. To fill this gap, the proposed
application uses self-tracking data from the patient’s iPhone to visualise and
analyse movement data, offering caregivers real-time insights into patients’ progress.
This approach aims to improve surgical outcomes and enhance communication between
caregivers and patients by providing a platform for continuous feedback.
Through user studies, the needs of caregivers working in relation to arthroplasty have
been explored, identifying a desire to incorporate objective evaluation measures to
improve current practices. Beyond user studies, the research also reviews related
literature on the impact of digital solutions within healthcare, particularly the utility
of mobile health applications in promoting physical activity. The application’s
design process, grounded in the Design Thinking framework, emphasises usability
and empathy towards the target group to ensure the application is practical for
caregivers.
Key findings from user testing suggest that the application can contribute to a more
personalised and responsive care process. Through iterative design and testing, the
application has been refined to meet the specific needs of its users, with particular
attention to intuitive design and ease of use.
In conclusion, this thesis presents a step towards integrating digital health solutions
in post-arthroplasty care, potentially leading to better patient engagement and improved
health outcomes. It calls for further research into the long-term impacts
of such applications and their integration into standard care practices, suggesting
a paradigm shift towards more technologically integrated healthcare solutions for
ageing populations.
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Arthroplasty , Self-tracking , mHealth , Design Thinking , User-interface Design , User Experience Design , Caregiver Communication , Rehabilitation , Interaction Design