EVALUATION OF USABILITY OF MALAYSIA DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM (MyDiPP) MOBILE APP – A PILOT STUDY

NURUL FATIHAH  MOHD FAUZI; SHARIFAH WAJIHAH  WAFA; MOHD IBRAHIM ABDULLAH; NARESH BHASKAR RAJ; BARAKATUN NISAK MOHD YUSOF; NORKHAIRANI ABDUL RAWI; NURULHUDA MAT HASSAN

doi:10.55230/mabjournal.v50i2.1992

Authors

NURUL FATIHAH MOHD FAUZI School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
SHARIFAH WAJIHAH WAFA
sharifahwajihah@unisza.edu.my
School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-2714
MOHD IBRAHIM ABDULLAH School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
NARESH BHASKAR RAJ School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
BARAKATUN NISAK MOHD YUSOF School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
NORKHAIRANI ABDUL RAWI Faculty of Informatics and Computing, Besut Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 22200 Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
NURULHUDA MAT HASSAN Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Keywords:

Diabetes prevention program, mHealth, mobile app, usability test

Abstract

Malaysia is confronting a type 2 diabetes (T2DM) epidemic; around 3.9 million Malaysians have T2DM. Lifestyle modification intervention is effective in reducing or delaying the onset of T2DM among high-risk individuals. The Malaysia Diabetes Prevention Programme (MyDiPP) app is a lifestyle intervention digital therapy with multiple approaches (weight loss, dietary modification, physical activity, and quality of life). This study aimed to assess the usability of the MyDiPP mobile app among high-risk individuals in Kuala Terengganu. A random sample of 10 users was selected in the usability evaluation of the MyDiPP mobile app. Data collection methods included an online survey on the usability aspect of mobile apps in terms of usefulness, ease of use, satisfaction, and ease of learning. The results showed that MyDiPP mobile app is useful, easy to use, satisfying, and easy to learn from the high-risk adults’ perspectives with slightly agree, moderately agree, and strongly agree to have the highest percentage. From these results, it can be inferred that, from the perspective of high-risk individuals, MyDiPP mobile app meets the usability aspects and can be used to help prevent the development of diabetes among at-risk adults.