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Graduate Research: Using an Interactive Design Framework to Develop a Basic Psychological Needs-Supportive Healthcare Intervention

This research project combined learning, psychological, and design theories to synthesize a methodology for creating online interactive interventions. An intervention for breast cancer patients in low-outreach demographics was created as a proof of concept.

A Design Toolkit was created that provided instructions for using the selected theories and examples of their implementation in the interactive.

Research Advisor:

Sam Bond, MA, CMI

Research Committee:

Leah Lebowicz, MS, EdD, CMI, Spyros Kitsiou, Ph.D.

Audience:

Biomedical Visualization Specialists

Deliverables:

Design Toolkit, Proof-Of-Concept Interactive Patient Intervention

Software:

Articulate Rise

Areas of Study:

Interactive Design, Instructional Design, Adult Learning Theory, Patient Education, Multimedia Design, Web Accessibility, Human Motivation

Final Deliverables

This project culminated in a Design Toolkit for Biomedical Visualizers developing patient interactive interventions and a proof-of concept Articulate Rise Interactive course on Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Options

Design Toolkit

Research-backed summary with tips & tricks for Interactive Healthcare Designers to use when creating patient interventions in Articulate Rise.

Interactive Patient Intervention

Interactive Articulate Rise course for patients in low-outreach demographics to learn about their Breast cancer risk and screening options.

Researching Topics & Relevant Theories

Topics for preliminary research into the subject of the interactive included:

Breast Cancer Statistics
Screening Guidelines
Breast Cancer Prognosis

In addition, a survey of relevant theories was conducted to identify important design considerations for the creation of an interactive intervention for healthcare.

These theories were compiled into a Design Toolkit, along with step-by-step guidance for specific implementations of these theories (e.g. writing effective learning objectives, ensuring Web Content Accessibility by checking contrast, adding captions to narrated video, etc.).

Data visualization: According to the US Cancer Statistics Working Group (2021): in 2018, 126.8 in 100,000 women in the US was newly diagnosed with female breast cancer

Of these 126.8 in 100,000 women, 9.4% were diagnosed in female patients under 45. 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the US are found in male patients.

USPSTF advises women aged 50-74 to get biennial creening mammograms. However, this is due to an artificial data cutoff after age 75 and saves mammograms, not lives. in contrast the ACR recommends women 40+ should receive yearly mammograms for the duration of life, which results in a 40% mortality reduction per year.

Women under the age of inclusion by USPSTF guidelines still represent a significant amount i breast cancer cases. In addition, screening has found to be very effective in reducing mortality. Mortality rates from breast cancer in young women are due to both tumor biology and late diagnosis.

Multimedia learning, or using both visual and verbal modalities to convey information, has been shown to have positive effects when used in healthcare messaging. These benefits include increased comprehension, especially when the viewer has low literacy, greater adherence to information deliver, higher ratesof attention, increased recall, and more satisfaction - especially when the visuals depict people and situations that they are familiar with.