title: Understanding Older Adult Use of Data Visualizations as a Resource for Maintaining Health and Wellness.
abstract: To better understand how older adults use health visualizations and the potential barriers that impact utility, we conducted semistructured interviews with 21 older adults. Within these sessions, we presented participants with two interactive visualizations for exploration. Through an affinity mapping exercise, we extracted five key themes associated with how older adults utilize health visualizations and provide corresponding recommendations as points of consideration for designers developing older adult focused health visualizations. By examining how older adults perceive the utility of health visualizations, we lay the groundwork for design choices that impact eventual use and adoption of systems that generate data for such visualizations.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Thai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Le
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Nai-Ching
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Shomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Hilaire J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demiris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003196:Computer Graphics; D000078326:Data Visualization; D005260:Female; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: aged; data display; holistic health