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A User-Centered Interface Design Framework for the DELONELINESS System in Older Adults: Design Indicator Development and Prioritization.
| Τίτλος: | A User-Centered Interface Design Framework for the DELONELINESS System in Older Adults: Design Indicator Development and Prioritization. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Zhou Y; Department of Engineering, King's College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom, 44 020 7836 5454., Rees J; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom., Matcham F; School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom., Antonelli M; School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom., Ourselin S; School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom., Liu W; Department of Engineering, King's College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom, 44 020 7836 5454. |
| Πηγή: | JMIR human factors [JMIR Hum Factors] 2026 Mar 06; Vol. 13, pp. e88263. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 06. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 101666561 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2292-9495 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22929495 NLM ISO Abbreviation: JMIR Hum Factors Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Toronto : JMIR Publications Inc, [2014]- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Loneliness*/psychology , User-Centered Design* , User-Computer Interface*, Humans ; Aged ; Digital Health ; Female ; Male ; Aged, 80 and over |
| Περίληψη: | Background: Loneliness among older adults has become a major public health concern associated with cognitive decline, depression, and increased health care use. The advancement of digital health technologies such as wearable devices, smart home systems, and mobile health apps provides new opportunities to monitor and mitigate loneliness through continuous physiological and behavioral assessment. However, the effectiveness of such technologies largely depends on user interface design, ensuring that older adults can understand, trust, and comfortably engage with the technology. Existing research on interactive platforms and user interfaces for psychological and emotional monitoring has mainly focused on usability testing and technology feasibility, with limited attention to structured design frameworks that integrate psychological, emotional, and accessibility dimensions for older adults. Furthermore, most studies rely on qualitative assessments and lack quantitative prioritization of design indicators. Objective: This study aimed to build on the DELONELINESS (Design for Healthy Ageing: a Smart System to Decrease Loneliness for Older People) system to develop a user-centered hierarchical framework of interface design indicators for older adults. Methods: A mixed methods design was applied, integrating literature search, qualitative focus group analysis, and expert consultation to build an initial indicator pool. A hierarchical indicator structure with 7 first-level and 26 second-level indicators was developed. The analytic hierarchy process was used to assign indicator weights through surveys of 20 experts with academic or professional experience in human-computer interaction, digital health, gerontology, and health informatics. Based on the weighted results, 3 interface design solutions were developed and comparatively evaluated using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution. Results: All expert judgment matrices satisfied the analytic hierarchy process consistency requirement (consistency ratio <0.1). The Kendall coefficient of concordance indicated good agreement among experts for both first-level indicators (W=0.313; P<.001) and second-level indicators (W=0.156; P<.001). Among the 7 first-level indicators, trust and safety (weight=0.206), ease of use (weight=0.187), and accessibility (weight=0.167) received the highest weights, indicating their importance in enhancing user confidence and engagement. Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution evaluation results showed that design solution 2 achieved the highest overall performance score (relative closeness coefficient C=0.877), emphasizing clear interaction pathways, visual clarity, and guided feedback as key factors for optimal usability. Conclusions: This study developed a user-centered framework for interface design in loneliness monitoring among older adults by integrating user insights, literature-derived indicators, and expert consensus, and providing a structured data-driven approach to prioritizing design requirements. The proposed framework bridges subjective user experience with objective evaluation, offering practical guidance for developing empathetic, inclusive, and trustworthy digital mental health technologies for older adults. (© Yi Zhou, Jessica Rees, Faith Matcham, Michela Antonelli, Sebastien Ourselin, Wei Liu. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (https://humanfactors.jmir.org).) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: digital health; human-computer interaction; interface design; loneliness; older adults; user-centered design |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260311 Date Completed: 20260710 Latest Revision: 20260710 |
| Update Code: | 20260711 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12978934 |
| DOI: | 10.2196/88263 |
| PMID: | 41813191 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2292-9495 |
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| DOI: | 10.2196/88263 |