Personal Health Data Tracking by Blind and Low-Vision People: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personal health technologies, including wearable tracking devices and mobile apps, have great potential to equip the general population with the ability to monitor and manage their health. However, being designed for sighted people, much of their functionality is largely inaccessible to the blind and low-vision (BLV) population, threatening the equitable access to personal health data (PHD) and health care services.

Objective

This study aims to understand why and how BLV people collect and use their PHD and the obstacles they face in doing so. Such knowledge can inform accessibility researchers and technology companies of the unique self-tracking needs and accessibility challenges that BLV people experience.

Methods

We conducted a web-based and phone survey

SUBMITTER: Lee JGW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196896 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature