Developing and Evaluating a Modified Design Sprint Method to Include Women with GDM and Healthcare Professionals in the Design of eHealth

妊娠期糖尿病（GDM）的自我管理是21世纪重要的健康问题之一。已经开发了各种技术解决方案，但其中大多数已被放弃，没有被广泛使用或仅在原型水平上进行评估。这个博士学位的目的是探索和了解最先进的技术的创新状态的使用和设计，以帮助妇女与GDM的自我管理。本研究所要解决的问题是：（1）如何将GDM妇女纳入GDM自我管理系统的设计中？(2)设计冲刺的概念是否可以优化，以便在设计过程中将GDM女性沿着医疗保健专业人员纳入其中？(3)GDM女性对自己在技术设计中的角色有什么看法？(4)GDM患者对GDM自我管理系统的潜在使用有什么看法？研究方法：一个系统的文献综述进行了探讨的意见，医疗保健专业人员，孕妇与GDM和产后妇女，关于使用电子健康支持GDM自我管理的障碍和促进因素。这一系统性文献综述的结果已经确定了需要制定战略和方法，包括妇女与GDM的数字GDM自我管理系统的设计。研究将采用行动研究方法（使用焦点小组、观察和任务分析等）。调整和评估敏捷设计方法的各个方面，以将所有利益相关者纳入数字电子医疗的设计中。新奇：这个博士学位是在计算的HCI领域。该项目的新奇之处在于让所有利益相关者，例如GDM妇女和医疗保健专业人员积极参与数字GDM自我管理系统的“设计过程”，从“头脑风暴”阶段到原型评估。博士将开发和评估设计方法，这些方法将支持这些利益相关者的积极参与，以提高数字自我管理系统的可用性和功能。

Self-management of Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the important health issues of the 21 century. Various technology solutions have been developed but most of these have been abandoned, not being used widely or only being evaluated at a prototype level. The aim of this PhD is to explore and understand the use and design of innovative state of the art technologies to help women with the self-management of GDM. The research questions to be addressed are: (1) How can women with GDM be included in the design of a GDM self-management system? (2) Can the concept of a design sprint be optimised to include women with GDM along with healthcare professionals in the design process? (3) What are the perceptions of women with GDM regarding their role in the design of technology? (4) What are the perceptions of women with GDM regarding their potential use of the GDM self-management system? Research Approach: A systematic literature review was conducted to explore the views of healthcare professionals, pregnant women with GDM and postpartum women, with regard to the barriers and facilitators of using eHealth to support GDM self-management. The findings of this systematic literature review has identified the need to develop strategies and methods to include women with GDM in the design of digital GDM self-management systems. The research will use an action research methodology (using focus groups, observation and task analysis, etc.) to adapt and evaluate aspects of Agile Design Methods to include all stakeholders in the design of digital eHealth. Novelty: This PhD lies in the HCI field of Computing. The novelty of this project is to involve all stakeholders, e.g. women with GDM and healthcare professionals actively in the 'design process' of a digital GDM self-management system from the 'brain storming' stage to the evaluation of prototypes. The PhD will develop and evaluate design methodologies which will support the active inclusion of these stakeholders in order to increase the usability and functionality of digital self-management systems.