Identifying User Preferences for a Digital Educational Solution for Young Seniors With Diabetes.

The Eindhoven Diabetes Education Simulator project was initiated to develop an educational solution that helps diabetes patients understand and learn more about their diabetes. This article describes the identification of user preferences for the development of such solutions. Young seniors (aged 50-65 years) with type 2 diabetes were chosen as the target group because they are likely to have more affinity with digital devices than older people and because 88% of the Dutch diabetes population is >50 years of age.

Concept Development of the Eindhoven Diabetes Education Simulator Project.

Objective: This study was designed to define the concept of an educational diabetes game following a user-centered design approach.

Materials And Methods: The concept development of the Eindhoven Diabetes Education Simulator (E-DES) project can be divided in two phases: concept generation and concept evaluation. Four concepts were designed by the multidisciplinary development team based on the outcomes of user interviews.