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

妊娠期糖尿病的自我管理是21世纪的重要健康问题之一。已经开发了各种技术解决方案，但大多数都被放弃了，没有得到广泛使用，或者只是在原型水平上进行评估。这一博士学位的目的是探索和理解创新技术的使用和设计，以帮助妇女进行妊娠期糖尿病的自我管理。要解决的研究问题是：(1)如何将患有GDM的女性纳入GDM自我管理系统的设计？(2)设计冲刺的概念能否得到优化，使GDM女性与医疗保健专业人员一起参与设计过程？(3)GDM女性对她们在技术设计中的角色有何看法？(4)GDM女性对她们潜在使用GDM自我管理系统的看法是什么？研究方法：通过系统的文献综述，探讨医护人员、妊娠期糖尿病孕妇和产后妇女对使用eHealth支持妊娠期糖尿病自我管理的障碍和促进者的看法。这项系统的文献审查结果表明，有必要制定战略和方法，将患有妊娠期糖尿病的妇女纳入数字化妊娠期糖尿病自我管理系统的设计。研究将使用行动研究方法(使用焦点小组、观察和任务分析等)。适应和评估敏捷设计方法的各个方面，以使所有利益相关者参与数字电子健康的设计。新颖性：这个博士位于计算的人机界面领域。这个项目的新奇之处在于让所有利益相关者，例如患有GDM的女性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。博士将制定和评价支持这些利益攸关方积极参与的设计方法，以增加数字自我管理系统的可用性和功能性。

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.