Table 4 Guiding principles of the iKOALA intervention
From: Development of the intelligent knee osteoarthritis lifestyle app: a person-based approach
Intervention design objectives | Key features |
|---|---|
Access to detailed information relating to OA and the benefits of physical activity | • Disease education materials • Information about the benefits of physical activity • Specific information about a range of physical activities |
Ability to recommend appropriate physical activities | • Physical activity recommendations based upon defined user preferences including on how to adapt activities |
Ability to deliver physical activity feedback | • Physical activity feedback graphs • Display several different outcomes (i.e., steps, distance) • Physical activity goal setting feature |
Ability to record weight and set targets | • Weight recording feature • Target setting feature |
Access to targeted rehabilitation exercises | • Bank of rehabilitation exercises available • Videos of appropriate techniques and instructions • Resources for monitoring progress (i.e., activity timer) |
Intelligently designed interface to enable personalisation | • Flexible design – individuals can use some elements without having to engage with others • Ability to disable features within settings |
Integrate in app opportunities for social support | • Inclusion of social forums • Sharing of success stories • Possibility to “buddy up” using forum features |
Allow grading of goals and reward structures | • Activity planning broken into subtasks • In-built reward aspects • Use of positive language throughout |
Build app for sustained use | • In-built news “feed” • Notifications relating to reward structures • “Open” structure for long term use |
Health status recording | • Ability to record symptoms at any time • Responsive measures related to completion of activities |