RESEARCH

Focus Study and Survey's

The major goal of the research study was to understand the user's expectations, visions and ideas prior to the design phase of our website. Our team distributed survey's, conducted interviews and invited another group of students to join our focus group to determine whether the informational website should be useful for CSULA students. We found a few important factors through our research.

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How comfortable are you to share your personal information on a healthcare site?

Approximately, 45% of students were somewhat comfortable for sharing their information on a healthcare site.

Best mode of stress or mental issues discussion

Discussion with Mental/Health advisor and Online Discussion Rooms were best mode of discussions. (Approx 75%)

What mode of communication would you prefer to interact with your health advisor?

Survey shows that 60% of people would prefer In-Person interaction with their health advisor.

What type of website would you recommend?

Approximately, 53% of students would recommend a free site.

How likely would you recommend a healthcare site to a friend or colleague?

The above visualization tells us that 40% of the sample users for the survey would recommend a healthcare site to a friend or colleague

FOCUS STUDY

Digital Nomads held a focus group discussion with a total of 5 students. The focus group was conducted as part of the website creation and idea development process. Given in the current pandemic situation, while interviewing with students; we realized most of their day was based in online sessions and zoom meetings. The discussion was designed to gather information from the students regarding the following outcomes.

What type of healthcare website would they prefer?
What specific aspects they want in a healthcare website?
How a healthy lifestyle can be introduced to students?
What is most important to them when using this website?
What is their preferred method of a platform? Web access, tablets or smartphones?
What one thing they do not wish to see incorporated in the website?
Would they like to share their measurement weight or height to check BMI?
What mode of communication would they prefer to interact with health advisor?
What type of stress or mental issues discussion would they prefer?
How would they like to track their activities?

Below are the answers received from our group members:

All participants preferred a free healthcare websites with minor advertisements.
All participants preferred appointment availability in a healthcare website..
Stress free environment, healthy food choice, personal hygiene, workout and education.
All participants agreed user friendly and simplicity is their number one wish.
While some participants preferred the mobile app version, the other two stated they would like to have web access.
None of the members liked the idea of a fee based website or the use of too many ads.
Most of the participants were comfortable in sharing their measurements for BMI.
Some participants preferred in-person communication, while others wanted a video call communication.
All participants agreed to in-person discussion of their stress issues.
Smart watch was the best way to track their activities.

RESEARCH

Focus Study and Survey's

FOCUS STUDY

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What type of healthcare website would they prefer?

What specific aspects they want in a healthcare website?

How a healthy lifestyle can be introduced to students?

What is most important to them when using this website?

What is their preferred method of a platform? Web access, tablets or smartphones?

What one thing they do not wish to see incorporated in the website?

Would they like to share their measurement weight or height to check BMI?

What mode of communication would they prefer to interact with health advisor?

What type of stress or mental issues discussion would they prefer?

How would they like to track their activities?

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Below are the answers received from our group members:

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All participants preferred a free healthcare websites with minor advertisements.

All participants preferred appointment availability in a healthcare website..

Stress free environment, healthy food choice, personal hygiene, workout and education.

All participants agreed user friendly and simplicity is their number one wish.

While some participants preferred the mobile app version, the other two stated they would like to have web access.

None of the members liked the idea of a fee based website or the use of too many ads.

Most of the participants were comfortable in sharing their measurements for BMI.

Some participants preferred in-person communication, while others wanted a video call communication.

All participants agreed to in-person discussion of their stress issues.

Smart watch was the best way to track their activities.