Finding what fits: Explorative self-experimentation for health behaviour change

Fedlmeier, A.; Bruijnes, M.; Bos-de Vos, M.; Lemke, M.; Kraal, J.J.

doi:10.1080/24735132.2022.2147336

Finding what fits: Explorative self-experimentation for health behaviour change

Title

Finding what fits: Explorative self-experimentation for health behaviour change

Author

Fedlmeier, A. (Student TU Delft)
Bruijnes, M. (TU Delft Interactive Intelligence; Universiteit Utrecht)
Bos-de Vos, M. (TU Delft Methodologie en Organisatie van Design)
Lemke, M. (TU Delft Design Aesthetics)
Kraal, J.J. (TU Delft Applied Ergonomics and Design)

Date

2022

Abstract

Changing a specific health behaviour can be highly com- plex and is often influenced by many personal, social, and environmental factors. Therefore, interventions that aim at behaviour change cannot be one-size-fits-all solutions, and no behaviour change technique is effective for everyone. One potential solution could be to support individuals in finding interventions through self-experimentation. This research explored the requirements for an explorative self- experimentation intervention and developed tools that sup- port users in the process, complementing developments in quantitative self-experimentation. Based on a research through design approach, we developed three different prototypes for supporting a change in health-related behaviour, which were used and evaluated by fourteen par- ticipants over a four-week period. A thematic analysis of interviews with participants led to seven themes, which can be used as a starting point when designing for explorative self-experimentation.

Subject

research through design
behaviour change
self- experimentation
human- centred design

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2022.2147336

ISSN

2473-5140

Source

Design for Health, 1-22

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