title: Usabilty Evaluation of a Prototype Mobile App for Health Management for Persons Living with HIV.
abstract: Mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps) have the potential to support self-management and improve health outcomes in persons living with HIV (PLWH). In this paper, we report on the final step in a three-stage user-centered design process for the development of a mHealth app for PLWH. We conducted a usability evaluation with 10 targeted end-users and a heuristic evaluation with 5 persons with informatics expertise to assess the usability of a prototype mHealth app for PLWH to manage their health. At the end of our usability evaluation, we finalized a Design Document that included the user interface design and functional specifications of the mHealth app. The functional areas which were identified at the end of our iterative process included: Communication, Reminders, Medication Logs, Lab Reports, Pharmacy Info, Nutrition and Fitness, Resources and Settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schnall
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brown Iii
authors.affiliation: HIV Center, Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carballo-Dieguez
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iribarren
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017010:Reminder Systems; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012985:Software Design; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface