Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly

The aim of this study is to evaluate the interface design of nutrition information application for elderly people. Obtaining the proper nutritional information is an important aspect for elderly healthcare. Most information on healthcare can be found from the Internet. However, many elderly people...

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Main Authors:	Tan, Li Yin, Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10051/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10051/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10051/1/10154-30688-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-100512017-01-25T09:40:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10051/ Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly Tan, Li Yin Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah, The aim of this study is to evaluate the interface design of nutrition information application for elderly people. Obtaining the proper nutritional information is an important aspect for elderly healthcare. Most information on healthcare can be found from the Internet. However, many elderly people face problems when using the Internet due to their inability to adapt to common platforms of interface design. Due to deterioration in physiological functions, elderly users have different requirements from adult users. A high fidelity prototype on nutrition was developed, taking into consideration the evaluation results from the initial need assessment focus group study. A questionnaire survey was conducted involving 30 respondents aged between 60 and 79 years old. The result reveals that most of the respondents gave a positive feedback to the three main features of interface design, which are simplicity (96%), directness (90%) and consistency (100%). Based on this outcome, it can be concluded that the interface design is well accepted by the elderly respondents. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10051/1/10154-30688-1-PB.pdf Tan, Li Yin and Nazlena Mohamad Ali, and Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah, (2016) Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly. Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia, 5 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2289-2192 http://ejournals.ukm.my/apjitm/issue/view/709
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description	The aim of this study is to evaluate the interface design of nutrition information application for elderly people. Obtaining the proper nutritional information is an important aspect for elderly healthcare. Most information on healthcare can be found from the Internet. However, many elderly people face problems when using the Internet due to their inability to adapt to common platforms of interface design. Due to deterioration in physiological functions, elderly users have different requirements from adult users. A high fidelity prototype on nutrition was developed, taking into consideration the evaluation results from the initial need assessment focus group study. A questionnaire survey was conducted involving 30 respondents aged between 60 and 79 years old. The result reveals that most of the respondents gave a positive feedback to the three main features of interface design, which are simplicity (96%), directness (90%) and consistency (100%). Based on this outcome, it can be concluded that the interface design is well accepted by the elderly respondents.
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author	Tan, Li Yin Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah,
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author_facet	Tan, Li Yin Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah,
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title	Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly
title_short	Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly
title_full	Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly
title_fullStr	Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly
title_full_unstemmed	Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly
title_sort	interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Interface design guidelines of nutritional information application for the elderly

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