Stressreducerande applikation för Androidbaserade system

This thesis has been performed at MediYoga International. Company’s concept is centered on education of instructors and other personnel in stress reducing methodology. The methodology is based on scientific studies of yoga and has well documented effects. The main reason for long-term sick leave in Sweden today is burn-out, as a direct consequence of continuous stress witch is supported by many scientific studies. The company has an ambition to develop a stress reducing application suited for modern phones and tablets witch could target a broad audience. The choice of platform is based on devices availability to the user, because the frequent use of the application is essential to the effective stress reduction. The constant availability could be vital when stress symptoms make a sudden appearance. In the given study we analyze the company’s methodology and documents to get a better understanding for their concept behind reduction of the negative effects of long term stress on the individual. Similar solutions are investigated and interviews are carried out with focus groups to get a better understanding for the task and to create a requirements specification. Based on the aforementioned analysis a prototype is to be designed and developed for further evaluation