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The Development of User Interface Usability Evaluation of Mobile Healthcare Application for the Elderly

고령자를 위한 모바일 헬스케어 애플리케이션 UI 사용성 평가영역의 개발

  • Seo, Hyo-Min (College of Sport Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • 서효민 (성균관대학교 스포츠과학대학)
  • Received : 2018.08.30
  • Accepted : 2018.09.20
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

As our society is rapidly entering an aging society, interest in mobile health care services for disease prevention and health care for the elderly is increasing. To increase the usability of mobile healthcare services, UI design should be considered from an older person's perspective and a specific evaluation system is required to diagnose these UI usability levels. This study aimed to develop a UI usability evaluation area of mobile-healthcare application for the elderly. For this, we conducted a literature analysis to explore the comprehensive UI usability evaluation factors, and FGI for expert groups and user groups to derive UI usability evaluation areas and detailed evaluation factors. As a result, the usability evaluation areas for the elderly were divided into four areas 'design', 'contents', 'process', and 'system'. A total of 13 sub-factors and 32 detailed constructions have been derived.

우리사회의 급속한 고령화 현상에 따라 고령자들의 질병예방 및 건강관리를 목적으로 하는 모바일 헬스케어서비스에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 고령자들의 모바일 헬스케어서비스에 대한 사용성을 높이기위해서는 고령자 관점에서UI 환경이 설계되어야하며, 이러한UI 사용성 수준을 진단할 수 있는 구체적인 평가체계가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 고령자 관점에서의 헬스케어 애플리케이션 UI 사용성 평가영역을 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위해문헌분석을 실시하여 개략적인 UI 사용성 평가요인을 탐색하였으며, 전문가 집단과 사용자 집단을 대상으로 하는 FGI를 실시하여 UI 사용성 평가영역 및 세부 평가요인들을 도출하였다. 분석 결과, 고령자 관점의 UI 사용성 평가영역은 크게 '디자인 영역', '콘텐츠 영역', '프로세스 영역', '시스템 영역'의 4가지 영역으로 나타났으며, 각 영역들에 대한 13개의 세부 평가요인과 32개의 구성개념들이 도출되었다.

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Supported by : 한국연구재단

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