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. 2017 Feb 10:2016:994-1003.
eCollection 2016.

Persuasive Reminders for Health Self-Management

Katie O'Leary  1 , Leslie Liu  1 , Jennifer B McClure  2 , James Ralston  2 , Wanda Pratt  1
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Persuasive Reminders for Health Self-Management

Katie O'Leary et al. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. .

Abstract

Health reminders are integral to self-managing chronic illness. However, to act on these health reminders, patients face many challenges, such as lack of motivation and ability to perform health tasks. As a result, patients experience negative consequences for their health. To investigate the design of health reminders that persuade patients to take action, we conducted six participatory design sessions with two cohorts: mothers of children with asthma, and older adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants used collages, storyboards, and photos to express design ideas for future health reminder systems. From their design artifacts, we identified four types of persuasive reminders for health self-management: introspective, socially supportive, adaptive, and symbolic. We contribute insights into desired features for persuasive reminder systems from the perspectives of patients and informal caregivers, including features that support users to understand why and how to complete health tasks ahead of time, and affordances for intra-familial and patient-provider collaboration.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Introspective reminders. (a) self-check in reminder; (b) health road map; (c) weight loss visualization.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Symbolic reminders. (a) Child; (b) Dog; (c) Flowers; (d) Medications.
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