Implementation of User Centered Design to Develop Attractive Educational Content in the Asthma-Self Management App

Education on asthma self-management has been proven to be effective in improving the level of its control, and quality of life. However, not all asthmatics were interested learning the management due to lazy to read printed sources, such as books. Many studies have confirmed that the use of smartphone apps seems to be a promising education medium. Therefore, this study was aimed at building an OS Google Android-based asthma self-management educational content, according to the control guideline by Indonesian Ministry of Health through Decree No.1023/Menkes/SK/XI/2008. A patient-centered design approach was used, and it consists of five steps including: user needs assessment, initial design, and development of prototype, usability testing, and final product launch. The results showed that participants wanted an educational content of text and audio formats. In the terms of user interface design, they expected that the front page was a list of thumbnails having short and complete descriptions in the text-and video- based single pages respectively. The success rates of the content were confirmed by the usability-testing study as follows: 90% was categorized as "completed with ease", 10% was "completed with difficulty", and 0% was "failed". Applying the approach was successfully completed for building an asthma self-management educational content. A further study regarding its implementation in the clinical world is needed, to prove its effectiveness in improving the level of asthma knowledge.