FluidTrack

Daytime urinary frequency syndrome (DUFS) management requires preschool-aged children to drink adequate water and track their voiding and defecation behaviors. However, these tasks are cognitively challenging for young children and burdensome for caregivers, who often lack practical support tools. Moreover, traditional tracking methods, such as paper charts, are not engaging for children and do not facilitate effective collaboration between children and parents.

How can we design a child-parent collaborative self-tracking system
to improve DUFS management?

I participated in the formative study of this project. Based on the design goals, we designed the FluidTrack system, consisting of MoaGardenApp and MoaBand. With these two devices, preschool-aged children were able to track their own water intake, voiding, and defecation behaviors, while enabling them and their parents to collaboratively manage and reflect on the captured data. We then conducted design feedback interviews with 10 child-parent dyads to examine their understanding of our design concepts and to identify their needs. The results showed that preschoolers could engage in semi-automated self-tracking using the button-based MoaBand, but some tasks (e.g., tracking water amounts with MoaBottle or recalling stool shapes) required additional parental support, highlighting opportunities for designing collaborative tracking experiences.