Issues influencing the uptake of smartphone reminder apps for people with acquired brain injury

Matthew Jamieson; Marilyn McGee-Lennon; Breda Cullen; Stephen Brewster; Jonathan Evans

doi:10.1145/2700648.2811368

Issues influencing the uptake of smartphone reminder apps for people with acquired brain injury

Matthew Jamieson, Marilyn McGee-Lennon, Breda Cullen, Stephen Brewster, Jonathan Evans

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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Abstract

Smartphone reminder applications (apps) have the potential to help people with memory impairment after acquired brain injury (ABI) to perform everyday tasks. Issues impacting the uptake of reminder apps for this group are still poorly understood. To address this, three focus groups were held with people with memory impairments after ABI and ABI caregivers (N=12). These involved a discussion about perceptions of, and attitudes towards, reminder apps combined with usability reflections during a user-centred design session (Keep Lose Change) after a walkthrough of an existing reminder app -- Google Calendar. Framework analysis revealed six key themes that impact uptake of reminder apps; Perceived Need, Social Acceptability, Experience/Expectation, Desired Content and Functions, Cognitive Accessibility and Sensory/Motor Accessibility. Analysis of themes revealed issues that should be considered by designers and researchers when developing and testing reminding software for people with memory impairment following ABI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS '15 Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
Pages	339-340
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2811368
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2015
Event	17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 26 Oct 2015 → 28 Oct 2015

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Conference	17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	26/10/15 → 28/10/15

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applied computing
smartphone apps
brain injury

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Jamieson, M, McGee-Lennon, M, Cullen, B, Brewster, S & Evans, J 2015, Issues influencing the uptake of smartphone reminder apps for people with acquired brain injury. in ASSETS '15 Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility . pp. 339-340, 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility, Lisbon, Portugal, 26/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2811368

Issues influencing the uptake of smartphone reminder apps for people with acquired brain injury. / Jamieson, Matthew; McGee-Lennon, Marilyn; Cullen, Breda et al.
ASSETS '15 Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility . 2015. p. 339-340.

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