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. 2025 Jan 15;9:e63941. doi: 10.2196/63941

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)