See I told you I was taking it! - attitudes of adolescents with asthma towards a device monitoring their inhaler use: Implications for future design

Howard, Sam; Lang, Alexandra. R.; Sharples, Sarah; Shaw, Dominick E.

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.018

See I told you I was taking it! - attitudes of adolescents with asthma towards a device monitoring their inhaler use: Implications for future design

Howard, Sam; Lang, Alexandra. R.; Sharples, Sarah; Shaw, Dominick E.

Authors

Sam Howard

Alexandra. R. Lang

SARAH SHARPLES SARAH.SHARPLES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Human Factors

Dominick E. Shaw

Abstract

Adherence to treatment in asthma is often poor, particularly in adolescents and children where the condition is most prevalent. Electronic monitoring devices have shown potential for improving inhaler use, yet little research has considered the attitudes of patients towards these devices. We gave seven adolescents with asthma an electronic monitoring device to use for one month and collected their views on important issues including monitoring and data sharing. Our results showed that participants felt positively about using the data to demonstrate responsibility for their condition to both their parents and medical professionals, but expressed concern for the attention the device’s appearance could draw to them and their asthma. This paper considers the positive and negative perceptions of this novel device and provides new insight into the attitudes of adolescents towards inhaler monitoring, as well as future directions for design and development of monitoring devices for asthma and other chronic medical conditions.

Citation

Howard, S., Lang, A. R., Sharples, S., & Shaw, D. E. (2017). See I told you I was taking it! - attitudes of adolescents with asthma towards a device monitoring their inhaler use: Implications for future design. Applied Ergonomics, 58, 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.018

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 30, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jul 14, 2016
Publication Date	Jan 31, 2017
Deposit Date	Aug 12, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Aug 15, 2018
Journal	Applied Ergonomics
Print ISSN	0003-6870
Electronic ISSN	0003-6870
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	58
Pages	224-237
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.018
Keywords	Adolescence; Teenagers; Asthma; Adherence; Devices; Attitudes; Data; Design
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/792843