Usability evaluation of diabetes nutriment diary: A mobile app for diabetic patients

Abstract

This paper describes the attempt to investigate the usability of Diabetes Nutriment Diary (DND) mobile application which encourages users who suffer from diabetes to eat healthy by providing nutritious recipes suitable for them. DND derived from the facts that there are many diabetic patients due to imbalance eating habits. DND also provides recipes according to the diabetes’ specific symptoms. This paper also elaborates the findings of the DND's usability using the survey method. The survey employed 30 random respondents who are related to diabetes. Three dimensions are evaluated, namely usability, ease of use and user interface satisfaction. The data analysis results show that the DND has simple and pleasant interface, sufficient information and easy to be used and there are more than 90% acceptance rate towards DND. DND is expected to be a mobile application that can help the diabetics to eat appropriate food range that will help them to maintain their health condition.