Energy management of COPD patients: Exploring the needs and criteria for support in self-management by means of e-health solutions

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a lung disease that causes damage in the patients lung and results in energy and breathing problems. COPD patients often experience a decrease in their energy level. This decrease means they have to adjust their routine and habits and that can be a big challenge. In this graduation project the...

User centred redesign for diagnosing subsea robots: Graduation Thesis for a Master’s Degree in Interaction Design

This thesis presents an approach for 1) analyzing Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) for sub-sea robotic Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) 2) structurally redesigning its interface modules and 3) evaluating the resulting designs. The thesis exemplifies this process by redesigning the interface modules that pertain to the diagnosing of hardware...

Risk communication for child vaccination

The National Immunisation Programme (NIP) provides Dutch children with vaccinations for twelve infectious diseases free of charge and on voluntary basis. During several years, the vaccination coverage in the Netherlands has declined (about 0.5 percent per year). It is important to have a high vaccination coverage in order to stop spreading...

Increasing the use of eHealth at Karakter Nijmegen by improving the experience of the therapist: a case study

This project was done for and in cooperation with Karakter Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie, a psychiatric hospital for children. The aim was to give Karakter knowledge and tools to improve the experience of the therapists during the implementation of Jouw Omgeving, a digital environment that allows patient, parent and therapists to communicate about...

User experience in social virtual reality: Exploring methodologies for evaluating user experience in social virtual reality

Nowadays, social interaction is often mediated by technology, which makes it possible for people to interact with each other when they are separated. However, most of these technologies target the interaction between 'weak ties' and they cannot support the naturalness and richness offered through face-to-face interaction. Recently, a new type of...

Allergenie: Helping general practitioners and their patients find a possible cause of allergic symptoms

The aim of this project was to design a product that helps implement a newly developed algorithm to aid in the diagnosis of allergies.<br/><br/>Interviews with allergy patients, allergists, and other specialists were conducted to gain information on their experiences. Literature research was done on recent discoveries on allergy diagnosis. <br/...

Designing Comfort for People Dealing with Alopecia

This Master Thesis describes a graduation project developed to investigate how to help people when disrupted life events occur and how to create strategies to empower them in coping with the situation. It is in connection with the research developed by the PhD candidate Patrizia D’Olivo. To date not many strategies were developed to empower...

Shared Decision Making; Designing for Cancer Care

What role patients should assume in medical decision making is an issue that has stimulated much debate. A wide variety of opinions exist, ranging from the view that patients should assume at least some responsibility for their own treatment, to the position that it is unwise to encourage such participation because patients do not have the...

Workstation for the MarginGuide

With over 300.000 new cases each year, and a survival rate of 50%, oral cancer is a big problem for public health. The primary and best treatment option for oral cancer is surgery. In order to have the best prognosis and quality of life, international guidelines prescribe that the tumor should be removed including a margin of healthy tissue from...