Abstract
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in facilitating the real-time processing of data is revolutionising the future of healthcare through mobile diagnostics, remote monitoring devices, and wearable technology products. The rise in digital wearables for remote healthcare is evolving at an increasing pace towards patient-centred and personalised care with connected patients. This transformation is creating new opportunities for designers to increase patients' participation and sustain their engagement in remote healthcare. In this paper, the authors have investigated the role of gender in aesthetic design in the context of digital health wearables to enhance user engagement and interaction. The investigations were conducted through participatory design sessions and showed a constructive relationship between aesthetic preferences and understanding the influence of gender as a means of facilitating user engagement with digital health wearables. This paper presents a novel user response model that leads to suggestions for future work, including research in the areas of gender awareness in aesthetics to move beyond traditional, stereotypical, and pre-identified gendered characteristics related to femininity and masculinity. The findings conclude with a path forwards for design research to promote gender awareness in aesthetic design for the realisation of healthcare wearables of the future.
Highlights
The rise in the number of people living with long-term conditions and the cost-effectiveness of technology-enabled care services (TECS) have driven a major market growth towards remote healthcare wearables for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals [1]
The goal of this paper is to explore the role of gender in aesthetic preferences in the context of digital health wearables to enhance user engagement
The results highlight a constructive relationship in the role of gender and aesthetics, opening new avenues and knowledge paths to bridge the gap between the world of designers and the world of users
Summary
The rise in the number of people living with long-term conditions and the cost-effectiveness of technology-enabled care services (TECS) have driven a major market growth towards remote healthcare wearables for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals [1]. Recent technological advancements in digital wearables transforming healthcare delivery especially in rural and remote areas. This pattern is accelerating to reduce healthcare costs as users are becoming more independent in the monitoring and self-management of their health [2]. This has led to a significant shift in digital health monitoring so that the biggest technology companies such as Google and Phillips have been developing digital wearables with flexible sensors in garments. One of the identified current challenges within the context of digital wearables for healthcare is the role of patients to take an active part in their healthcare [3]
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