Towards Personal Informatics Tools for Chronic Illness Management

MacLeod, H., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2013). Towards Personal Informatics Tools for Chronic Illness Management. In GRAND 2013: RNote Proceedings of the GRAND NCE 2013 Meeting.

Abstract

Many people with chronic illness suffer from debilitating symptoms that inhibit normal day-to-day function. It is unclear how to design tools to support this -- many see self-tracking tools as a burden to use. We report here on an interview study with 12 individuals with chronic illnesses who collect data about their conditions. We reflect on ways to support the design of tools that will be more easily adopted by engaging curiosity, self-discovery and exploration rather than focusing on behavior change.

Materials

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{macleod2013towards,
  year = {2013},
  title = {Towards Personal Informatics Tools for Chronic Illness Management},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-grand2013-towards-personal-informatics-tools.pdf},
  date-modified = {2014-01-17 05:53:11 +0000},
  date-added = {2014-01-17 05:52:13 +0000},
  booktitle = {GRAND 2013: RNote Proceedings of the GRAND NCE 2013 Meeting},
  author = {MacLeod, Haley and Tang, Anthony and Carpendale, Sheelagh},
  abstract = {Many people with chronic illness suffer from debilitating symptoms
that inhibit normal day-to-day function. It is unclear how to design tools
to support this -- many see self-tracking tools as a burden to use. We report
here on an interview study with 12 individuals with chronic illnesses who collect
data about their conditions. We reflect on ways to support the design of tools
that will be more easily adopted by engaging curiosity, self-discovery and
exploration rather than focusing on behavior change. },
}