Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools.
Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools.
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DOI：
10.1145/3025453.3025635
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发表时间：
2017-05-02
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Munson SA
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Epstein DA;Lee NB;Kang JH;Agapie E;Schroeder J;Pina LR;Fogarty J;Kientz JA;Munson SA
我们考虑为什么以及如何妇女跟踪自己的月经周期，检查他们的经验，发现设计的机会，并扩大该领域的个人信息学工具的理解。为了了解月经周期跟踪实践，我们收集和分析了三个来源的数据：2,000篇流行月经跟踪应用程序的评论，对687人的调查，以及对12名调查受访者的后续采访。我们发现，女性跟踪自己的月经周期有多种原因，包括记住和预测自己的月经周期，以及与医疗保健提供者进行对话。参与者描述了跟踪月经周期的六种方法，包括使用技术，了解经前生理状态以及简单的记忆。虽然女性发现应用程序和日历很有帮助，但当对未来月经周期的预测不准确时，这些方法就无效了。设计可能会造成性别和性少数群体的排斥感。现有的应用程序通常也没有考虑到女性所经历的生命阶段，包括年轻的成年，怀孕和更年期。我们的研究结果鼓励扩展个人信息学领域的概念。
We consider why and how women track their menstrual cycles, examining their experiences to uncover design opportunities and extend the field's understanding of personal informatics tools. To understand menstrual cycle tracking practices, we collected and analyzed data from three sources: 2,000 reviews of popular menstrual tracking apps, a survey of 687 people, and follow-up interviews with 12 survey respondents. We find that women track their menstrual cycle for varied reasons that include remembering and predicting their period as well as informing conversations with healthcare providers. Participants described six methods of tracking their menstrual cycles, including use of technology, awareness of their premenstrual physiological states, and simply remembering. Although women find apps and calendars helpful, these methods are ineffective when predictions of future menstrual cycles are inaccurate. Designs can create feelings of exclusion for gender and sexual minorities. Existing apps also generally fail to consider life stages that women experience, including young adulthood, pregnancy, and menopause. Our findings encourage expanding the field's conceptions of personal informatics.