Case Study

What drives patient behaviour? We understand.

9.12.2020


The Situation

Our client wanted to understand why patients take steps to improve their health and wellbeing. By uncovering this, they'd have a better idea of when and how to connect with people, to help them on that health improvement journey.


The Task

Twenty (20) patients living with a chronic health condition were asked to fill in a diary that uncovered thoughts, feelings and attitudes about their health issues over a one-week period. We then conducted an ethnographic-style interview with each patient.


The Action

After in-depth analysis of the interviews, we built a Motivation Model to show intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors that impact patients’ ‘tipping point’ for taking personal action towards their health goals.


The Answers

Our model helped our client gain a deeper understanding of how they could inspire patients to take action. They could better define the most influential touchpoints, while delivering more targeted communications to patient segments.