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. 2018 Aug 13:1:33.
doi: 10.1038/s41746-018-0042-4. eCollection 2018.

Use of user-centered design to create a smartphone application for patient-reported outcomes in atopic dermatitis

Lia E Gracey  1 , Shiyi Zan  2 , Joseph Gracz  2 , John J Miner  2 , Jacqueline F Moreau  1 , Jodi Sperber  2 , Kamal Jethwani  2 , Timothy M Hale  2 , Joseph C Kvedar  1   2
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Use of user-centered design to create a smartphone application for patient-reported outcomes in atopic dermatitis

Lia E Gracey et al. NPJ Digit Med. .

Abstract

The ubiquity and convenience of smartphones carries great potential for collecting patient-reported data to address many gaps in research, especially those that rely on ongoing, real-time data collection. Health care apps have often suffered from low utility due to lack of consideration of the needs of multiple stakeholders. We employed an iterative user-centered design approach to create the myEczema smartphone application (app) to study the burden of disease of atopic dermatitis. We outline below the steps we took for developing myEczema for multiple stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, and researchers.

Keywords: Outcomes research; Quality of life.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Evolution of the design of myEczema. a Initial prototype. b Final product based on input and feedback from focus groups and dermatologists
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