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Children’s perspectives on pain-logging: Insights from a Co-Design Approach

  • Linda Price
  • , Irum Rauf
  • , Daniel Gooch
  • , Dmitri Katz
  • , Oliver Pearce
  • , Blaine Price
  • Open University Milton Keynes
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Abstract

Pain is an essential indicator of health and guides clinical treatments. Logging pain is important in supporting this. However, there is little research into pre-adolescent children’s pain logging tools. Utilising the Bluebells method to engage children as co-designers, we gathered children’s perspectives on pain-logging tools; in the first workshop by using tangible design approaches to support creative thinking, and in the second workshop by discussing developed prototypes based on the children’s designs. Our findings highlight design concepts that the research team – despite many years of pain-related research – had not considered in the context of paediatric logging, namely a) prioritizing children’s privacy in social settings while using pain-logging tools; b) emphasizing personalization to boost engagement; and c) logging general wellbeing of children alongside pain intensity to collect more insightful data. These findings thus demonstrate the value of co-designing pain-logging technologies with children.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2024
EditorsAnna Vallgarda, Li Jonsson, Jonas Fritsch, Sarah Fdili Alaoui, Christopher A. Le Dantec
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages1306-1318
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9798400705830
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2024 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 1 Jul 20245 Jul 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2024

Conference

Conference2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2024
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period1/07/245/07/24

Keywords

  • Child Health
  • Co-Design
  • Design for Clinical Support
  • Pain Logging
  • Tangible Interfaces

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