Chronic Companion
Project Overview
Inspired by the experience of a close friend and driven by a professional career centered around healthcare, I decided to design an app to help people suffering from chronic pain to track and manage their symptoms and treatments.
What I did
This was a highly collaborative effort between myself and 3 other UX/UI designers. Each team member was involved with every step of the process at varying capacities.
The Problem
Patients with chronic pain often do not have good tools to use when managing their symptoms. Tracking chronic pain and health data can help patients take charge of their treatment by finding the right tools to help with their symptoms and empowering them to become active members in developing a more sustainable treatment plan.
Research & Discovery
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Patients often manage their pain with routines.
Many patients normalize their pain, making it difficult to report to providers.
One of the biggest struggles for patients is feeling supported.
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Doctors want to help their patients better understand their diagnoses and motivate them to be active members of their treatment plans.
Pain is hard to measure.
Mental health is an important factor for pain.
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74% Experience chronic pain daily or weekly.
Pain is most impactful to their social and professional lives.
Results from 23 responses.
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50 Million Americans suffer from chronic pain.
People with chronic pain are 3X as likely to develop anxiety and depression.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Empathizing with potential users
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User Persona
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Story Board
Defining the user journey
Prototyping and Iteration
Homepage
We designed our homepage to enable easy access to primary features.
Add entry
View insights
Quick mood entry
routine management
Home-care tool kit
Comprehensive onboarding
We would like to get to know our users so we can tailor their experience with the app to their specific needs.
Record your pain
Track what’s going on with your health. Add as much or as little detail as you want. Your Chronic Companion will lead you through a quick questionnaire developed with the guidance of medical professionals.
Share your insights
We provide users with the ability to share their recorded information with their providers and loved ones.
Manage your health
We help our users create and maintain routines to help them stay on top of their chronic pain.
Final Thoughts
We are passionate about creating a novel tool with the potential to help people suffering from chronic pain get back to the people and things they love.