Abstract
In recent years, mobile health (mHealth) has gained popularity. Yoga apps help users to exercise at home and improve their health. It is worth discussing how to give yogis a better experience and higher satisfaction to improve their willingness to keep using yoga apps. In this study, the Daily Yoga app was selected as the research object to explore important factors related to its user experience design and user satisfaction. Through a literature review and Delphi method composed of eight experts, this study put forward the important criteria framework of user experience design for the Daily Yoga app and then, used the DEMATEL (Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory)-based ANP (Analytic Network Process) method to determine the factors’ importance order and the causal relationships among them. Finally, combined with the results of an importance–performance analysis of 16 real users, we discuss the improvement measures. The research results show that the yoga class is the most critical factor in the user experience design of the Daily Yoga app, the target plan is a factor that is in great need of improvement, and having an attractive interface can improve user experience. The evaluation model of the study can act as a reference for improving user experience with the Daily Yoga app, and can also be widely used in the process of user experience design, questionnaire production, and evaluation optimization of mHealth app and related applications.
Highlights
Yoga is an ancient mind–body practice that originated in India and can be traced back to3000 BC
Through a literature review and Delphi method composed of eight experts, this study put forward the important criteria framework of user experience design for the Daily Yoga app and used the DEMATEL (Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory)-based ANP
The research results show that the yoga class is the most critical factor in the user experience design of the Daily Yoga app, the target plan is a factor that is in great need of improvement, and having an attractive interface can improve user experience
Summary
Yoga is an ancient mind–body practice that originated in India and can be traced back to3000 BC. Yoga is a comprehensive experience that integrates body posture, breathing exercises, internal awareness, concentration, and meditation [1]. With the spread of yoga culture, yoga is a method for improving fitness, decompression, and body shaping, but it is increasingly becoming representative of a healthy lifestyle, which has been widely publicized. The literature has shown that yoga practice can optimize overall health and quality of life. Mobile health (mHealth) involves the use of mobile devices (such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants) to provide users with health information and medical services [8]. Mobile device technology supports and promotes health information technology (HIT), which aims to improve global health [9]. Based on the statistics related to mHealth apps usage, mobile apps are effective for improving
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