Development and Usability Evaluation of an Opioid Management App

Sagar Deshpande; Melissa Gunderson; Geetanjali Rajamani; Suhyun Park; Molly Diethelm; Jenna Marquard; Genevieve Melton; Rubina Rizvi

doi:10.3233/SHTI231110

Development and Usability Evaluation of an Opioid Management App

Sagar Deshpande, Melissa Gunderson, Geetanjali Rajamani, Suhyun Park, Molly Diethelm, Jenna Marquard, Genevieve Melton, Rubina Rizvi

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We describe the development and usability evaluation of a novel patient engagement tool (OPY) in its early stage from perspectives of both experts and end-users. The tool is aimed at engaging patients in positive behaviors surrounding the use, weaning, and disposal of opioid medications in the post-surgical setting. The messaging and design of the application were created through a behavioral economics lens. Expert-based heuristic analysis and user testing were conducted and demonstrated that while patients found the tool to be easy to use and subjectively somewhat useful, additional work to enhance the user interface and features is needed in close partnership with developers and stakeholders.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	976-980
Number of pages	5
Journal	Studies in health technology and informatics
Volume	310
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI231110
State	Published - Jan 25 2024

Keywords

medication disposal
Opioid abuse
opioid addiction
patient-centered design
post-surgical patients
technology
weaning

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