Requirements for mHealth and Augmented Reality Apps for Patient Education Regarding Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Focus Group Study
An ideal patient education app combines comprehensive content with interactive, customizable visualizations like 3D models and AR and should be accessible throughout a patient's treatment journey. This study highlights the need for a patient-centered design that balances detailed information with ease of understanding and considering different preferences for visualization modalities and levels of detail.
Authors
- Dirk Weyhe
- Sebastian Fudickar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3553-5131)
- Sandra Hellmers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-6752)
- Verena Uslar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-2076)
- Steffen Busse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-6948)
- Veysel Ödemis
- Andreas Hein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8846-2282)
- Anja U Bräuer
Institutions
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (DE)
- Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Individualisierte Medizintechnik (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-12-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/75972
- Primary Topic
- Augmented Reality Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00