Lessons and Reflections From an Extended Co-design Process Developing an mHealth App With and for Older Adults: Multiphase, Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are many mobile health (mHealth) apps for older adult patients, but research has found that broadly speaking, mHealth still fails to meet the specific needs of older adult users. Others have highlighted the need to embed users in the mHealth design process in a fulsome and meaningful way. Co-design has been widely used in the development of mHealth apps and involves stakeholders in each phase of the design and development process. The involvement of older adults in the co-design processes is variable. To date, co-design approaches have tended toward embedding the stakeholders in early phases (eg, predesign and generative) but not throughout.

Objective

The aim of this study was to reflect on the processes and lessons learned from engaging in an extended co-de

SUBMITTER: Tong C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652733 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature