Affiliations: [a] Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden | [b] Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden | [c] Diabetes Research Centre, Division of Pediatrics and Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
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Address for correspondence: Professor Toomas Timpka, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. Tel.: +46 13 222383; Fax: +46 13 221865; E-mail: tooti@ida.liu.se.
Abstract: Chronic diseases do not only manifest themselves as sets of pathophysiological factors. They bring about an equally important psychosocial impact. Unfortunately, it is difficult to account for this impact in the development of supportive technologies. This study describes and explores a method for elicitation of requirements on technologies supporting self-management including emotional aspects. The method takes advantage of a self-documentary media kit for collection of data from the everyday context of chronic disease. The resulting contextual data can contribute new insights to multi-disciplinary teams in the design of supporting technologies.
Keywords: design of supportive technologies, cultural probes, self-documentary video, chronic disease, patient education, adolescents, participatory action research
