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ommendations on application pictograms for the elderly starostnikom prilagojene ikt rešitve in storitve | ict solutions and services tailored for the elderly
population
Nadis Krantić, Boštjan Žvanut, Katarina Babnik
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Introduction: When designing applications for personal computer, laptops, tab-
lets and smartphones, and other information and communication technologies,
tailored to the needs of elderly population, special recommendation should be
considered. The goal of this study is to identify these recommendations by fo-
cusing on design of pictograms. These facilitate the use of applications by elder-
ly population by using pictorial resemblances of physical objects.
Methods: To fulfil the aforementioned goal a systematic literature review was
performed, where different specialised databases (eg. ScienceDirect, EBSCO,
etc.) were consulted as well as other relevant web pages in this field.
Results: In total, 12 recommendations were identified, grouped into two core
groups: (1) colour recommendations and (2) shape recommendations.
Discussion and conclusions: In future, the identified recommendations could
represent a valid reference for the developers of applications. To confirm the
validity of the identified recommendations, further tests should be performed
on the final users. These tests would confirm, whether the developed recom-
mendations actually improve the pictograms’ comprehensibility.
Keywords: elderly population, applications, pictogram, information and
communication technologies
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population
Nadis Krantić, Boštjan Žvanut, Katarina Babnik
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Introduction: When designing applications for personal computer, laptops, tab-
lets and smartphones, and other information and communication technologies,
tailored to the needs of elderly population, special recommendation should be
considered. The goal of this study is to identify these recommendations by fo-
cusing on design of pictograms. These facilitate the use of applications by elder-
ly population by using pictorial resemblances of physical objects.
Methods: To fulfil the aforementioned goal a systematic literature review was
performed, where different specialised databases (eg. ScienceDirect, EBSCO,
etc.) were consulted as well as other relevant web pages in this field.
Results: In total, 12 recommendations were identified, grouped into two core
groups: (1) colour recommendations and (2) shape recommendations.
Discussion and conclusions: In future, the identified recommendations could
represent a valid reference for the developers of applications. To confirm the
validity of the identified recommendations, further tests should be performed
on the final users. These tests would confirm, whether the developed recom-
mendations actually improve the pictograms’ comprehensibility.
Keywords: elderly population, applications, pictogram, information and
communication technologies
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