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TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing Tangibles to Support Emotion Logging for Older Adults
T2 - Development and Usability Study
AU - Gooch, Daniel
AU - Mehta, Vikram
AU - Stuart, Avelie
AU - Katz, Dmitri
AU - Bennasar, Mohamed
AU - Levine, Mark
AU - Bandara, Arosha
AU - Nuseibeh, Bashar
AU - Bennaceur, Amel
AU - Price, Blaine
PY - 2022/4/30
Y1 - 2022/4/30
N2 - Background The global population is aging, leading to shifts in health care needs. In addition to developing technology to support physical health, there is an increasing recognition of the need to consider how technology can support emotional health. This raises the question of how to design devices that older adults can interact with to log their emotions. Objective We designed and developed 2 novel tangible devices, inspired by existing paper-based scales of emotions. The findings from a field trial of these devices with older adults are reported. Methods Using interviews, field deployment, and fixed logging tasks, we assessed the developed devices. Results Our results demonstrate that the tangible devices provided data comparable with standardized psychological scales of emotion. The participants developed their own patterns of use around the devices, and their experience of using the devices uncovered a variety of design considerations. We discuss the difficulty of customizing devices for specific user needs while logging data comparable to psychological scales of emotion. We also highlight the value of reflecting on sparse emotional data. Conclusions Our work demonstrates the potential for tangible emotional logging devices. It also supports further research on whether such devices can support the emotional health of older adults by encouraging reflection of their emotional state.
AB - Background The global population is aging, leading to shifts in health care needs. In addition to developing technology to support physical health, there is an increasing recognition of the need to consider how technology can support emotional health. This raises the question of how to design devices that older adults can interact with to log their emotions. Objective We designed and developed 2 novel tangible devices, inspired by existing paper-based scales of emotions. The findings from a field trial of these devices with older adults are reported. Methods Using interviews, field deployment, and fixed logging tasks, we assessed the developed devices. Results Our results demonstrate that the tangible devices provided data comparable with standardized psychological scales of emotion. The participants developed their own patterns of use around the devices, and their experience of using the devices uncovered a variety of design considerations. We discuss the difficulty of customizing devices for specific user needs while logging data comparable to psychological scales of emotion. We also highlight the value of reflecting on sparse emotional data. Conclusions Our work demonstrates the potential for tangible emotional logging devices. It also supports further research on whether such devices can support the emotional health of older adults by encouraging reflection of their emotional state.
KW - Health Informatics
KW - Human Factors and Ergonomics
U2 - 10.2196/34606
DO - 10.2196/34606
M3 - Journal article
VL - 9
JO - JMIR Human Factors
JF - JMIR Human Factors
SN - 2292-9495
IS - 2
M1 - e34606
ER -