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Ageing Related Human Factors to Be Addressed in the Design of Visual Interfaces of Digital Applications Developed for Seniors: A Literature Review

2021; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-75867-7_5

2661-8192

Leonardo Pereira, Daniel Brand�ão, Nuno Martins,

Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

The present work seeks to identify, through a survey conducted in specialized literature, which human factors related to ageing should be addressed in the Design of visual interfaces of digital applications for elderly people, as if otherwise these may not suit the specific characteristics and limitations of this specific population, such as possible difficulties of perception and interaction experienced by them. Therefore, our aim is to map the theoretical and conceptual framework on which Interface Design for seniors is currently based on. We start by identifying and characterising, based on the approaches and research work already carried out by other researchers, the factors that these researchers claim that should be considered in Digital Interface Design for Elderly people. From this characterisation and survey, we then extract from it and present the Design Guiding Principles that the limitations and humans factors related with ageing mentioned and described by these authors suggest.