title: Breaking barriers to self-management of chronic diseases - the MaXi project.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to establish a foundation for participatory design between Information Technology (IT) professionals and people with chronic diseases resulting in IT-supported compensation in daily life. The paper presents the methods applied and results from a qualitative study to understand everyday life with diabetes. The participants are 8 families with one or more diabetic member. Our analysis outlines perspectives, activities, locations and information related to daily life with diabetes. On the basis of the analysis a number of artifacts are designed and tested in a living lab environment in Skagen, Denmark. It is concluded that participatory design and the use of the living lab concept yielded a richness of data adequate for iterative design cycles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nøhr
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertelsen
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kanstrup
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008490:Medical Informatics; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care