Design of tailored asthma control status infographics

Abstract

Infographics tailored with patients’ own health data are increasingly being used to support comprehension of health status, particularly among patients with limited health literacy. However, best practices for this type of health communication are still emerging and little is known about how some types of health data can be optimally displayed. We used an iterative participatory design process to design tailored infographics to present subjective and objective measures of asthma control status to adult patients in English and Spanish. Here, we document our design journey, reporting on the rationale for our design choices and the successes and lessons learned during the project.