Important Factors Affecting User Experience Design and Satisfaction of a Mobile Health App-A Case Study of Daily Yoga App

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 23;17(19):6967. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17196967.

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.

Keywords: ANP; DEMATEL; Daily Yoga; Delphi; mHealth; satisfaction; user experience.

MeSH terms

  • Consumer Behavior
  • Humans
  • Mobile Applications* / statistics & numerical data
  • Personal Satisfaction*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Telemedicine
  • Yoga*