A Multi-step Usability Evaluation of a Self-Management App to Support Medication Adherence in Persons Living with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is essential to HIV management and sustaining viral suppression. Despite simplified regimens, adherence remains difficult for certain persons living with HIV (PLWH). There is evidence to support the use of mHealth apps for effective self-management in PLWH; however, a medication adherence app with real-time monitoring for this population has not been developed and rigorously evaluated by PLWH. We developed a mHealth app (WiseApp) for HIV self-management to help PLWH self-manage their health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usability of the WiseApp.

Methods

We conducted a three-step usability evaluation using 1) a traditional think-aloud protocol with end-users, 2) a heuristic evaluation with experts in informatics, an

SUBMITTER: Beauchemin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6369913 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature