title: Use of cultural probes for representation of chronic disease experience: exploration of an innovative method for design of supportive technologies.
abstract: Chronic diseases do not only manifest themselves as sets of pathophysiological factors. They bring about an equally important psychosocial impact. Unfortunately, it is difficult to account for this impact in the development of supportive technologies. This study describes and explores a method for elicitation of requirements on technologies supporting self-management including emotional aspects. The method takes advantage of a self-documentary media kit for collection of data from the everyday context of chronic disease. The resulting contextual data can contribute new insights to multi-disciplinary teams in the design of supporting technologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hassling
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordfeldt
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Toomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Timpka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D014741:Video Recording