P.T. Proactive

Pain Management during Injury Rehabilitation

PT Proactive empower patients by providing personalized insights, enhancing self-awareness, and ensuring medical advice transparency to build trust.

Role
UX Researcher & Designer

Date

August – December 2023

Design

Individualized Motivation

Recovery built around you.

Intelligent Onboarding

Discover goals, motivators, and therapy plan.

Goal Setting

Therapy Goals

Personal Motivators

Real-time Nudges

Reinforcing positive habits.

Critical-Point Interventions

Real-time behavior-modifications based on correlations of patient lifestyle activities and user-reported pain levels.

Pain Management

Tracks key health metrics such as pain levels, exercise duration, sleep quality, and activity levels.

Daily Insights

How patient behaviors impact pain and recovery.

Correlation between lifestyle, pain, and physical therapy.

Lifestyle Insights

Transparency

Transparency in recommendations builds trust and confidence.

Process

HCI Process.

1

Problem Definition & Research


Listening to Patient Stories & Needs


2

User Research

Understanding
Personal Challenges & Goals


3

Ideation & Prototyping


Designing for
Lifestyle & Motivation


4

Design & Development

Developing Smart, Supportive Tools.


5

Testing & Iteration

Refining with User Feedback


User Research

Design Implications

Combing our primary and prototyping testing we discovered…


Participants

5 patients

Data Period

5-days

User Data Collected

Health Metrics (from HealthKit)

Exercise Duration & Frequency

Pain Levels Checkins

User Research Design Implication App Feature
Users prefer tailored feedback based on their pain levels and recovery goals. Need for Personalized Therapy Plans Personalized pain management dashboard with tailored insights.
Users trust recommendations more when sources are cited and explanations are provided. Importance of Transparency and Credibility Recommendations backed by credible sources and citations.
Users engage better with notifications that arrive at the right moment based on activity. Timely and Contextual Interventions Intelligent prompts based on user activity and pain trends.
Users are more motivated when they can see their progress toward meaningful goals. User Motivation Through Goal Tracking Customizable goal-setting and progress visualization.
Too many notifications lead to disengagement; users prefer customized settings. Reducing Notification Fatigue Adjustable notification frequency and timing options.
Manual data logging can be tedious; automation is preferred. Seamless Data Logging and Tracking Combination of manual entry and wearable device integration.
Users want their physical therapists involved in their recovery process. Integration with Healthcare Providers Future feature for secure therapist data sharing and feedback loops.
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