Table 2.
List of problems encountered by participants (N=10) during the 14 tasks and description, categorization, and frequency of occurrence of these problems during task completion.
| Item | Category (number according to the Bastien and Scapin classification) | Description of the problem | Task in which it occurs (frequency of occurrence) |
| 1 | 1. Guidance | Five (50%) users did not find the place of the button to put a reminder. For most of them, it was too small, and its location was not easy to find. | Set alarm for the vital signs (5) |
| 2 | 1. Guidance | Three (30%) users said the “information” symbol was too small next to the treatments list and that they did not find it easily | Find medication information (3) |
| 3 | 7. Significance of codes | Two (20%) users did not find the scanning possibility option in the app explicit enough | Enter medication (2) |
| 4 | 2.2 Information density | Six (60%) participants had difficulties recording medication manually in the app. They say they had to put too much information on one page. | Enter medication without medication package (6) |
| 5 | 7. Significance of codes | One (10%) participant did not understand names of some drugs because the name of the medication was not written next to the active substance | Find medication information (1) |
| 6 | 1.3 Immediate feedback | One (10%) participant found the validation of medication intake not explicit enough | Confirm your medication intake (1) |
| 7 | 7. Significance of codes | Two (20%) participants did not understand the term “if necessary,” such as medication to take in reserve | Enter pro re nata, if necessary, without medication package (2) |
| 8 | 8. Compatibility | One (10%) participant asked to set an end date for his treatment, but this function does not exist | Enter medication (1) |
| 9 | 5.2 Error message quality | When entering the date, one participant (10%) did not write it correctly (separated by “/” symbols and not “.” symbols). Therefore, the date could not be validated and no explanation appeared | Enter weight (1) |