Anne Application
Team
Group Of 2
Role
UX/ UI Designer
Software
Adobe XD & Photoshop
Project Overview
Anne is an application designed to assist expecting mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in monitoring their meals, blood glucose levels, and physical activity to manage their blood glucose levels.
Our empathetic approach during the project allowed us to deeply understand the struggles faced by pregnant mothers dealing with GDM. Anne not only simplifies the monitoring process but also facilitates seamless information sharing with healthcare providers.
Challenge
How might we motivate pregnant women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) to monitor daily food intake, blood glucose levels, and physical activity without causing frustration?
Solution 1
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The meal scan feature enables users to quickly log their entire meal using their phone's camera
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Users can sync their glucose meters with the app to measure and export blood glucose level reports to healthcare providers
Solution 2
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Motivating expectant mothers to maintain healthy habits during pregnancy involves encouraging them to unlock diabetic recipes through tracking food intake, monitoring blood glucose levels, and staying active
Solution 3
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Users can join the community to share advice,
find support, and gather tips from other mothers
on this journey
Research
Interview & Survey
We conducted an online semi-structured interview with pregnant women with GDM to identify their pain points, expectations, concerns, priorities, and hopes. Then, we dove deeper into user themes with an online survey.
Key Finding
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The recommended treatment for GDM involves tracking blood glucose levels and food intake to identify factors causing blood glucose changes.
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It is crucial to share blood glucose data with healthcare providers to ensure the safety of both the mother and the baby.
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Mothers coping with GDM often experience feelings of anxiety, confusion, and guilt.
Online Survey
35 +
Semi- structured
Interviews
5
Semi- structured
Persona
Then, Based on the information we gathered from user research we created a persona.
Nicole
"I want to eat a balanced diet again and not constantly be looking over my shoulder at carbs"
Card Sorting
We conducted card sorting to improve navigation bar categorization for a more intuitive user experience, below are the results of our analysis:
Planing
After analyzing all of our research, we began to understand our project’s painpoints and tried to find a solution to our design.
Painpoint
Solution
Providing a hassle-free way to log food intake and making it less of a chore
Employing AI technology to quickly and effortlessly log meals by scanning them
Motivating moms to feel excited about entering information
Unlock diabetic recipes by logging your food intake, monitoring blood glucose levels, and tracking physical activity
Connecting moms in similar situations to share their experiences
Join the community to share advice, find support, and get tips from other moms on this journey through an anonymous chat
Users prefer a single app to track their
pregnancy and GDM
Creating a visual summary of pregnancy that illustrates the baby's size and provides information about what to expect during each week of pregnancy
Design
Mid-Fi Wireframes
We initially used hand sketching for low-fi wireframes to map out our ideation and then transitioned to mid-fi wireframes using Figma.
Iteration
The usability study was conducted to gather feedback from users and use insights to improve our design, Listed below are those changes:
Before
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Add notification for log meal reminder based on user info
Users can chat with other mother
anonymously to protect their privacy
Avatar instead of user's picture
After
A/B Testing
We created 2 versions of the Hi-fi prototype and performed A/B testing with 15 users to compare 2 "log meal" versions on the Home page.
A
B
Hi-Fi Prototype
Test
Usability Test
6 users completed the task and were asked to answer a quick survey to measure the success rate:
Goal: Assess the adequacy of pregnancy information
Task: Explore the app and learn about pregnancy information.
Success criteria: 85% of users were satisfied with the information and they didn't need multiple apps.
Goal: Validate the simplicity of logging meal and blood glucose.
Task: Find out how to log meals and blood glucose.
Success criteria:100% of user success in quickly and easily logging meals and blood glucose.
Goal: To Check if the app keeps users motivated to log their meals and blood glucose.
Task: Determine if the process of unlocking recipes will encourage them.
Success criteria: 90% of users feel fun getting coins and unlocking the recipes and it keeps them
motivated to log their meals and blood glucose.
Next Step
Access a nutrition and fitness coach to support expectant mothers in achieving a healthy pregnancy.
What did I learn
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I learned the importance of enhancing the end result through continuous communication with users and user testing.
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Throughout this project, I discovered that the ease of use of a health-related platform is crucial, especially for users dealing with health issues who need a simple and accessible interface.
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In the initial project phase, we encountered a situation where one of our team members was unavailable, leading to a need to reschedule our responsibilities. This taught me the value of adaptability during the design process and the importance of patience in meeting our deadlines.