ChroniUXMag: A Preliminary Framework for mHealth App Adaptation in Chronic Disease Management

Abstract

Mobile health (mHealth) applications are becoming increasingly popular for managing chronic diseases, driven by their increasing occurrence and the need for continuous monitoring. Nevertheless, development of good mHealth applications faces obstacles, including heterogeneity in usability and accessibility issues related to technology use. Adaptive user interfaces (AUIs) offer potential to help better meet the needs of chronic disease patients by personalizing their user experiences. Drawing on data from a comprehensive multi-method study, we analyze both qualitative and quantitative findings to explore how user-specific factors shape their preferences for adaptation design in mHealth applications. We identified key user dimensions influencing adaptation design in mHealth apps: health situation, health attitude, cultural differences, and level of dependency. With the wider adoption of mHealth applications, considering an accessible design is crucial to creating meaningful patient-centered interventions, and future research should further explore how these dimensions can enhance the design of mHealth interventions.

Submission

Requirements Engineering 2025 submitted 12 March 2025

Citation

Wei Wang, Devi Karolita, Hourieh Khalajzadeh, John Grundy, Anuradha Madugalla and Humphrey O. Obie. 2024. ChroniUXMag: A Preliminary Framework for mHealth App Adaptation in Chronic Disease Management. Requirements Engineering 2025