Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users

Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users

Despite the extensive availability of mobile applications in the Arab world, the relationship amongst its culture, mobile user interface (UI) elements and elderly Arab people has not been thoroughly explored. Moreover, the Arab world lacks usability guideline to support usable and effective mobile a...

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Main Author: Sswey, Ahmed Housni Ahmed Al
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2019
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QA76.575 Multimedia systems and Internet
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spelling my-usm-ep.486642021-03-19T01:28:12Z Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users 2019-05 Sswey, Ahmed Housni Ahmed Al QA76.575 Multimedia systems and Internet Despite the extensive availability of mobile applications in the Arab world, the relationship amongst its culture, mobile user interface (UI) elements and elderly Arab people has not been thoroughly explored. Moreover, the Arab world lacks usability guideline to support usable and effective mobile app UI design, which has resulted in low acceptance and satisfaction. This study involved the development and evaluation of culture-based UI guidelines and mobile applications for elderly Arab users. A preliminary study involving 40 elderly Arab users was carried out to (i) identify the usable elements of mobile UI and the current problems they encountered when using mobile apps, and to (ii) investigate their suggestions regarding the cultural values of these UI elements. From the preliminary work, ten UI elements and six problems encountered by them were identified. Then, these UI elements and problems were mapped, and all the possible combinations of UI components, cultural aspects and usability components were analysed in drafting a guideline. The final guideline was grouped into five distinct categories involving 40 UI design guidelines and 26 guidelines for the problems encountered by elderly Arab users when using mobile apps. Rapid Development Model together with the Unified Modelling Language was then applied to design and develop a mobile health (mHealth) app based on the guidelines. 2019-05 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/48664/ http://eprints.usm.my/48664/1/AHMED%20HOUSNI%20AHMED%20AL%20SSWEY24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Teknologi Pengajaran & Multimedia
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic QA76.575 Multimedia systems and Internet
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Sswey, Ahmed Housni Ahmed Al
Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users
description Despite the extensive availability of mobile applications in the Arab world, the relationship amongst its culture, mobile user interface (UI) elements and elderly Arab people has not been thoroughly explored. Moreover, the Arab world lacks usability guideline to support usable and effective mobile app UI design, which has resulted in low acceptance and satisfaction. This study involved the development and evaluation of culture-based UI guidelines and mobile applications for elderly Arab users. A preliminary study involving 40 elderly Arab users was carried out to (i) identify the usable elements of mobile UI and the current problems they encountered when using mobile apps, and to (ii) investigate their suggestions regarding the cultural values of these UI elements. From the preliminary work, ten UI elements and six problems encountered by them were identified. Then, these UI elements and problems were mapped, and all the possible combinations of UI components, cultural aspects and usability components were analysed in drafting a guideline. The final guideline was grouped into five distinct categories involving 40 UI design guidelines and 26 guidelines for the problems encountered by elderly Arab users when using mobile apps. Rapid Development Model together with the Unified Modelling Language was then applied to design and develop a mobile health (mHealth) app based on the guidelines.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Sswey, Ahmed Housni Ahmed Al
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author_sort Sswey, Ahmed Housni Ahmed Al
title Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users
title_short Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users
title_full Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users
title_fullStr Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users
title_full_unstemmed Development And Evaluation Of Culture-Based Mhealth User Interface Guidelines For Elderly Arab Users
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publishDate 2019
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