Usability, User Experience and Self-Determination Theory Motivation Analysis of Pregnancy Application for Antenatal Care Support Information System Requirements

Abstract

One of the information technology uses in the health sector is to improve antenatal care, which can reduce early pregnancy complications the risk of stillbirths. Antenatal care (ANC) information system should be personal because pregnancy is unique for every woman. This research proposed a non-technical approach to make the system closer and personal to users by integrating user experience, in this case using the usability approach and self-determination theory motivation. This approach is expecting to improve the quality of existing application and system by understanding response and satisfaction about the system and psychological needs of pregnant women as users and to fulfill the requirements of the proposed antenatal care system called Zena. The proposal of Zena system done by compared existing pregnancy applications and then integrated modules that had good usability and self-determination theory aspect to design a better antenatal care system. This research conducted through questionnaires and interviews given to pregnant women who used smartphone pregnancy application and assessment by using a Likert scale. The analysis discovered that self-determination theory aspects are more significant than usability aspects and dominant aspects of it can be integrated into the Zena system to suggest making it more compatible with pregnant women.