Usability Studies Targeted At Older Age Groups Of Home Blood Glucose Meter

According to recent40years research of diabetes mortality, more and more people sufferfrom diabetes, so choose the older age groups in this study as the main object of study.Currently, the older age groups are facing the problem of physical function decline andchronic disease invasion and distress. Therefore the class of home medical productsdevelop universal, increasing attention to the elderly at home on their own be able tomonitor their own health. In this study we chose the elderly whose age beyond60as themain study object., intending to ensure timely control diabetes diet and blood glucose levels.The blood glucose meter is careful diabetics can carry medical products, so the bloodglucose meter design study become necessary. This study bases on the theroy of productavailability. By investigating the sale market of the blood glucose meter products to explorewhether the elderly can easily operate on the market for sale with a home blood glucosemeter and find the issue of product design. Research process of the study includes thefollowing aspects:(1) collect the blood glucose meter types on the market and classify theblood glucose meter market information for analysis and visual perception of the majorsteps to investigate and study; find the way the market is currently the most commonly usedand built using processes;(2) to explore the older age groups due to the degradation ofbody function, blood glucose meter operating on what problems, through observation andpractical manner, and concludes elderly groups of functional requirements for bloodglucose meter and modes of operation;(3) carry out usability testing to understand thedifficulties in the use of the elderly.(4) for the problem in the older age groups for homeblood glucose meter that occur during the operation, design analysis, and established a newstandard operating procedures and patterns.The study found that the presence of a commercially available blood glucose metercurrently following problems:(1) lack of appropriate feedback mechanisms in the processof product operations;(2) the design of the current lancing largely increased in the olderage groups the use of psychological burden for the product;(3) blood glucose meter shouldtend to simplify operational processes, common and standardized.