En studie som undersökt användbarheten i kost- och   träningsapplikationer

Sammanfattning: mHealth, mobile Health, is the use of applications on mobile devices todisseminate health information. mHealth applications exist for severaldifferent purposes, of which diet and exercise applications are a large part.The possibilities for these applications are substantial but it also increasesthe number of challenges. The applications need to be effective in assistingthe user, have necessary information, and be useful to be successful. There aremany factors that influence success in the development of applications. Thisstudy was based on a theoretical framework for the success of mHealthapplications to evaluate the usefulness of diet and exercise applications. Thetheoretical framework consists of four factors: information quality,instructing, reliability, and system quality. To carry out the study, aqualitative approach was used where six respondents were selected, theserespondents were instructed to use one of two applications selected for thestudy, over a period of time. After the period, observations were made withfour scenarios for each of the respondents after which semi-structuredinterviews were performed. Respondents could see both pros and cons in theapplications that were tested, but one main point that emerged was that acontinuous use was not likely. The study shows that users view of continuoususe may have been affected by the inadequacies in system quality and lack ofpersonalization that the applications revealed. In order to increase theusability of the applications, these inadequacies should therefore be reviewedand resolved.