Conversations

Because I think a conversational UI creates a much more approachable user experience and way to collect data, I chose to incorporate the conversation prompt into multiple screens.

Identifying the conditions that trigger migraines remains one of the most important pieces of effective migraine diagnosis and treatment. During an office visit, my neurologist asked several standard questions to better understand the context of my migraines, and much like my regular doctor, asked about my symptoms.

Learning from that visit, I wanted to use more conversational language in both the progress indicator and options to quantify the intensity of a migraine, instead of traditional healthcare language and jargon, usually seen to indicate progress or a typical pain scale. Symmetry provides a good conversational context when a user is logging a migraine.

I also approached the date picker prompt with the conversation in mind. Instead of using a traditional date picker for logging the date and time of a migraine, the user has three options: Other, Today or Now. By selecting Now, the app automatically logs other pieces of relevant information, such as time of day, without requiring the user to input that information as well. I know from personal experience that asking a user to do as little as possible to log a migraine proves especially helpful while experiencing one.