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Always On:: Unpacking the challenges of living with insulin pumps, to design novel solutions

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TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Article No.: 99, Pages 1 - 13

https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3446075

Published: 14 February 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Insulin pumps are effective tools for the precise control of glucose levels, for type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. Unfortunately, many design and usability challenges still exist with these technologies. We investigated current shortcomings and limitations through survey (N=105), interview (N=7), and participatory workshop (N=3) data collection methods. Our findings revealed issues with current technolog y including wear-ability and accessibility in public, operation while performing demanding tasks, interruptions during social activities, continuity of maintenance, and interface operations. Using the data from our investigative work, we produced design criteria to develop a novel wrist-worn interface and separate pump design for a closed loop system. We then evaluated the design through remote usability testing sessions (N=7) with insulin pump users. Our study aspires to inform the future design of novel insulin pumps that enable people with T1D to maintain better control of their glucose through consistent interactions with these tools, during their everyday activities.

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Xu TJost EMesser LCook PForlenza GSankaranarayanan SFiesler CVoida S(2024)“Obviously, Nothing's Gonna Happen in Five Minutes”: How Adolescents and Young Adults Infrastructure Resources to Learn Type 1 Diabetes ManagementProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642612(1-16)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Chen ACo D(2022)Workshops in TEI: Development, Evaluation, Exploration, and ImplementationProceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3490149.3505562(1-9)Online publication date: 13-Feb-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3490149.3505562
Kulzer BFreckmann GHeinemann LSchnell OHinzmann RZiegler R(2022)Patch Pumps: What are the advantages for people with diabetes?Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109858187(109858)Online publication date: May-2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109858

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TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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Xu TJost EMesser LCook PForlenza GSankaranarayanan SFiesler CVoida S(2024)“Obviously, Nothing's Gonna Happen in Five Minutes”: How Adolescents and Young Adults Infrastructure Resources to Learn Type 1 Diabetes ManagementProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642612(1-16)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642612
Chen ACo D(2022)Workshops in TEI: Development, Evaluation, Exploration, and ImplementationProceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3490149.3505562(1-9)Online publication date: 13-Feb-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3490149.3505562
Kulzer BFreckmann GHeinemann LSchnell OHinzmann RZiegler R(2022)Patch Pumps: What are the advantages for people with diabetes?Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109858187(109858)Online publication date: May-2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109858

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