Exploring persuasive techniques for medication compliance

Details

Serval ID
serval:BIB_3D16847BFCC4
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Collection
Publications
Title
Exploring persuasive techniques for medication compliance
Title of the conference
Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH'10)
Author(s)
de Oliveira R. , Cherubini M., Oliver N.
Address
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Pages
133-136
Language
english
Abstract
Mobile applications that incorporate persuasive techniques have recently been shown to have a positive impact in helping their users achieve pre-defined wellness goals (e.g., keeping active, eating healthier, etc.). In this paper, we present MoviPill, a mobile phone based application that combines a set of persuasive techniques (i.e., social competition through a game, social support, virtual rewards and entertaining self-monitoring) to help patients improve their levels of medication compliance. In a 6-week field study, 18 elders used a simplified version of MoviPill that included only the game component. Still, both their compliance levels and the precision of the drug intake time improved by 60% and 43% respectively, when compared to the baseline (i.e. their usual medication reminding tools). We plan on evaluating the additional persuasive techniques with further studies.
Keywords
Mobile interface, elderly, medication compliance, healthcare, game, user study
Create date
29/11/2016 11:11
Last modification date
20/08/2019 13:33
Usage data