Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study

Participatory design (PD) is an essential method in the development of digital health solutions since it promises to increase acceptance, usability, and trust in the developed solution. Although careful planning and preparation is crucial for the success of PD workshops, a framework of key component...

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Autores: Denecke, Kerstin, Rivera-Romero, Octavio, Giunti, Guido, Holten, Karin van, Gabarrón, Elia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/173877
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41666-025-00199-4
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Participatory design
Workshop
Digital health
Framework
Co-design
Co-production
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spelling Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility StudyDenecke, KerstinRivera-Romero, OctavioGiunti, GuidoHolten, Karin vanGabarrón, EliaParticipatory designWorkshopDigital healthFrameworkCo-designCo-productionParticipatory design (PD) is an essential method in the development of digital health solutions since it promises to increase acceptance, usability, and trust in the developed solution. Although careful planning and preparation is crucial for the success of PD workshops, a framework of key components to consider is still missing. The objective of this work is to develop such framework enriched with examples for aspects to be considered when planning and conducting PD workshops for designing and developing digital interventions in healthcare. We applied the nominal group technique with four participants with backgrounds in computer science, health informatics, psychology, and social anthropology to identify key components of PD workshops. The resulting framework was applied by an expert in PD to a case of a digital health solution for fatigue self-management for multiple sclerosis. The feasibility and applicability of the framework and its shortcomings were assessed. As a result, a framework consisting of five main categories and a total of 36 factors were assigned and defined in relation to the categories. The categories are participatory process, involved persons and their roles, workshop definition, setting, privacy and ethics, including regulations. The application of the framework to the test case demonstrated the feasibility and applicability of the suggested framework as well as the shortcomings of the analyzed PD process. This framework provides practical guidance while highlighting the complexity of PD workshops, encouraging their broad adoption, critical reflection, and continuous refinement. It has potential to improve the conduct of PD workshops and, in this way, potential to improve usability, acceptance, and usefulness of digital health solutions. In future work, the user perspective could be used to extend the framework.SpringerTecnología ElectrónicaTIC150: Tecnología Electrónica e Informática IndustrialMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU). EspañaEuropean Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)European Union (UE). H20202025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/173877https://doi.org/10.1007/s41666-025-00199-4reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésJournal of Healthcare Informatics Research, e26994.PID-2021-125528OB-I00EU2020 nº 101034252https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41666-025-00199-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1738772026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
title Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
spellingShingle Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
Denecke, Kerstin
Participatory design
Workshop
Digital health
Framework
Co-design
Co-production
title_short Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
title_full Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
title_fullStr Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
title_full_unstemmed Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
title_sort Key Components of Participatory Design Workshops for Digital Health Solutions: Nominal Group Technique and Feasibility Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Denecke, Kerstin
Rivera-Romero, Octavio
Giunti, Guido
Holten, Karin van
Gabarrón, Elia
author Denecke, Kerstin
author_facet Denecke, Kerstin
Rivera-Romero, Octavio
Giunti, Guido
Holten, Karin van
Gabarrón, Elia
author_role author
author2 Rivera-Romero, Octavio
Giunti, Guido
Holten, Karin van
Gabarrón, Elia
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Tecnología Electrónica
TIC150: Tecnología Electrónica e Informática Industrial
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU). España
European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)
European Union (UE). H2020
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Participatory design
Workshop
Digital health
Framework
Co-design
Co-production
topic Participatory design
Workshop
Digital health
Framework
Co-design
Co-production
description Participatory design (PD) is an essential method in the development of digital health solutions since it promises to increase acceptance, usability, and trust in the developed solution. Although careful planning and preparation is crucial for the success of PD workshops, a framework of key components to consider is still missing. The objective of this work is to develop such framework enriched with examples for aspects to be considered when planning and conducting PD workshops for designing and developing digital interventions in healthcare. We applied the nominal group technique with four participants with backgrounds in computer science, health informatics, psychology, and social anthropology to identify key components of PD workshops. The resulting framework was applied by an expert in PD to a case of a digital health solution for fatigue self-management for multiple sclerosis. The feasibility and applicability of the framework and its shortcomings were assessed. As a result, a framework consisting of five main categories and a total of 36 factors were assigned and defined in relation to the categories. The categories are participatory process, involved persons and their roles, workshop definition, setting, privacy and ethics, including regulations. The application of the framework to the test case demonstrated the feasibility and applicability of the suggested framework as well as the shortcomings of the analyzed PD process. This framework provides practical guidance while highlighting the complexity of PD workshops, encouraging their broad adoption, critical reflection, and continuous refinement. It has potential to improve the conduct of PD workshops and, in this way, potential to improve usability, acceptance, and usefulness of digital health solutions. In future work, the user perspective could be used to extend the framework.
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