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Focus Groups and Qualitative Research for Human Factors Research (1347) User-Centered Design Case Studies (765) Participatory Design and Participatory Research (462) Co-Design & Participatory Design (222)

Published on in Vol 13 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85926, first published .
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Patient and Designer Collaboration in Cocreating Technical Innovations in a Hospital-Based Makerspace: Qualitative Interview Study

Patient and Designer Collaboration in Cocreating Technical Innovations in a Hospital-Based Makerspace: Qualitative Interview Study

Authors of this article:

Jiske van der Giessen1 Author Orcid Image ;   Onno Helder2 Author Orcid Image ;   Thijs van Houwelingen3 Author Orcid Image
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Jiske van der Giessen   1 , MSc ;   Onno Helder   2 , PhD ;   Thijs van Houwelingen   3 , PhD

1 Nursing Sciences, Program in Clinical Health Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2 Department of Create4Care, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

3 Research Group Technology Use in Health and Social Care, Research Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Living, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Corresponding Author:

  • Thijs van Houwelingen, PhD
  • Research Group Technology Use in Health and Social Care, Research Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Living
  • University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
  • Heidelberglaan 7
  • Utrecht 3584 CS
  • The Netherlands
  • Phone: 31 641097762
  • Email: thijs.vanhouwelingen@hu.nl