C. Rovira-Borràs, S. Coyle, B. Corcoran, D. Diamond, Florin Stroiescu, Kieran Daly
{"title":"Integration of textile-based sensors and Shimmer for breathing rate and volume measurement","authors":"C. Rovira-Borràs, S. Coyle, B. Corcoran, D. Diamond, Florin Stroiescu, Kieran Daly","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246104","url":null,"abstract":"This paper present the characterisation of piezoresistive fabric sensors for measuring breathing patterns. While it has been shown that these sensors can be used to measure breathing rate with good reliability, breathing volume measurements are more complex due to drift and non-linear behaviour. Breathing patterns are extremely useful for a number of applications related to personal health and exercise monitoring. For example, breathing exercises form an essential part in the treatment of respiratory illnesses while in sports, breathing technique can help to improve the performance of athletes.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130206201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alban Maxhuni, A. Matic, V. Osmani, O. Mayora-Ibarra
{"title":"Correlation between self-reported mood states and objectively measured social interactions at work: A pilot study","authors":"Alban Maxhuni, A. Matic, V. Osmani, O. Mayora-Ibarra","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246136","url":null,"abstract":"A number of clinical studies investigated associations between mood states and environmental factors. However, they mostly rely on self-reporting methods to describe past activities which, due to recall difficulties, may not be reliable. In this pilot study, we attempted to measure the amount of social interaction at workplace in an objective way and to investigate correlations with mood states. The results show correlation between social interactions and mood states both in the beginning and at the end of monitored intervals.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122466725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prompting people with dementia to carry out tasks: What works and why?","authors":"H. Boyd, N. Evans, B. Carey-Smith, R. Orpwood","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246129","url":null,"abstract":"This two-year project aims to investigate in detail how prompting can help to guide people with dementia through tasks independently in a domestic setting. Four formats of prompt (text, audio, video and picture) are being compared with each other during domestic user-testing visits, to establish the relative strengths and weaknesses of each format. The importance of providing overall task context at each step, and ways of manual or automatic forwarding to the next instruction, will also be explored. Early findings from user testing have shown that comparable text or audio prompts are more effective means of prompting than picture or video prompts, and that there is strong potential for people with dementia to be able to control the timing of the prompts to work through the task at their own pace. These findings will be combined and the prompts will be developed iteratively so that prototype pieces of prompting technology can be created to enable a person with dementia to successfully carry out a task independently.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122188768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Salutogenesis: A new paradigm for pervasive computing in healthcare environments?","authors":"Cathy Dalton, Kevin McCartney","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246064","url":null,"abstract":"Salutogenesis is now accepted as a part of the contemporary model of disease: an individual is not only affected by pathogenic factors in the environment, but those that promote well-being or salutogenesis. Given that \"environment\" extends to include the built environment, promotion of salutogenesis has become part of the architectural brief for contemporary healthcare facilities, drawing on an increasing evidence-base. Salutogenesis is inextricably linked with the notion of person-environment \"fit\". MyRoom is a proposal for an integrated architectural and pervasive computing model, which enhances psychosocial congruence by using real-time data indicative of the individual's physical status to enable the environment of his/her room (colour, light, temperature) to adapt on an on-going basis in response to bio-signals. This work is part of the PRTLI-IV funded programme NEMBES, investigating the use of embedded technologies in the built environment. Different care contexts require variations in the model, and iterative prototyping investigating use in different contexts will progressively lead to the development of a fully-integrated adaptive salutogenic single-room prototype.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129173288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wearable rehab technology for automatic measurement of patients with arthritis","authors":"J. Connolly, K. Curran, J. Condell, P. Gardiner","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246010","url":null,"abstract":"This paper outlines the initial ideas surrounding the development of an accurate hand measuring tool to assist Medical clinicians and Rheumatologists in the accurate measurement of finger and thumb movement of the human hand. Clinicians rely heavily on invasive x-rays or manual evaluation methods which are dependent on training and can vary between observers. Angle measuring instruments, tape measure and grip strength dynamometer are used to assess the joint range and function of a patient to determine their hand function. Self questionnaires used determine a persons ability to perform daily tasks are open to interpretation problems.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124172810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A subjective evaluation of multimodal notifications","authors":"David Warnock","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246001","url":null,"abstract":"The primary users of home care technology often have significant sensory impairments. Multimodal interaction can make home care technology more accessible and appropriate, but most research in the field of multimodal notifications is aimed at office or high-pressure environments instead of the home. Two experiments were carried out that evaluated the subjective workload of responding to visual, auditory, tactile and olfactory notifications (simulating home care reminders) while carrying out a primary task (a card matching memory game). The subjective measurements and observations revealed that participants were open-minded about the possibilities and applications of these modalities, suggesting that home care technology should embrace a much wider range of interaction methods than are currently used.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"984 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113988275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"aTUG: Fully-automated timed up and go assessment using ambient sensor technologies","authors":"T. Frenken, Björn Vester, M. Brell, A. Hein","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245985","url":null,"abstract":"A novel approach to fully automating the Timed Up & Go (TUG) assessment test in professional and domestic environments is presented. The approach, called aTUG, is based on the usage of ambient sensor technologies i.e. two light barriers, four force sensors, and a laser range scanner built into a single apparatus i.e. a chair. aTUG supports execution and documentation of traditional TUG and enhanced component-based TUG. aTUG defines five components: Standing up, walking there, turning, walking back, and sitting down. Algorithms for detection of those components and for computation of their duration and the duration of the whole TUG are presented. An experiment with five elderly patients aged 74-91 years, four female, one male, most multi-morbid has been conducted in a residential care facility in Oldenburg, Germany. Results of the experiment show that aTUG can reliably and precisely measure total duration of TUG and durations of the single components with mean error of only 0.05 seconds and mean standard deviation of 0.59 seconds using especially its force and range measurements. German patent is pending for the presented approach.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130768323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jie Wan, Caroline A. Byrne, Gregory M. P. O'Hare, M. O'Grady
{"title":"Orange alerts: Lessons from an outdoor case study","authors":"Jie Wan, Caroline A. Byrne, Gregory M. P. O'Hare, M. O'Grady","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246081","url":null,"abstract":"Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is of particular relevance to those who may suffer from Alzheimer's Disease or dementia, and, of course, their carers. The slow but progressive nature of the disease, together with its neurological nature, ultimately compromises the behavior and function of people who may be essentially healthy from a physical perspective. An illustration of this is the wandering behavior frequently found in people with dementia. In this paper, a novel AAL solution for caregivers, particularly tailored for Alzheimer's patients who are the early stage of the disease and exhibit unpredictable wandering behavior, is briefly described. Salient aspects of a user evaluation are presented, and some issues relevant to the practical design of AAL systems in dementia cases are identified.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115531896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harshvardhan Vathsangam, Adar Emken, Todd Schroeder, D. Spruijt-Metz, G. Sukhatme
{"title":"Towards a generalized regression model for on-body energy prediction from treadmill walking","authors":"Harshvardhan Vathsangam, Adar Emken, Todd Schroeder, D. Spruijt-Metz, G. Sukhatme","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246026","url":null,"abstract":"Walking is a commonly available activity to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Accurately tracking and measuring calories expended during walking can improve user feedback and intervention measures. Inertial sensors are a promising measurement tool to achieve this purpose. An important aspect in mapping inertial sensor data to energy expenditure is the question of normalizing across physiological parameters. Common approaches such as weight scaling require validation for each new population. An alternative is to use a hierarchical model to model subject-specific parameters at one level and cross-subject parameters connected by physiological variables at a higher level. In this paper, we evaluate an inertial sensor-based hierarchical model to measure energy expenditure across a target population. We first determine the optimal physiological parameter set to represent data. Weight is the most accurate parameter (p<;0.1) measured as percentage prediction error. We compare the hierarchical model with a subject-specific regression model and weight exponent scaled models. Subject-specific models perform significantly better (p<;0.1 per subject) than weight exponent scaled models at all exponent scales whereas the hierarchical model performed worse than both. We study the effect of personalizing hierarchical models using model results as initial conditions for training subject-specific models with limited training data. Using an informed prior from the hierarchical model produces similar errors to using a subject-specific model with large amounts of training data (p<;0.1 per subject). The results provide evidence that hierarchical modeling is a promising technique for generalized prediction energy expenditure prediction across a target population in a clinical setting.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117011989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing a low-cost ambient monitoring system for activity recognition","authors":"S. Chiriac, B. Saurer, Gabi Stummer, C. Kunze","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246003","url":null,"abstract":"Within an aging society new approaches to support elderly people to live on their own are gaining a lot of attention. In the context of ambient assisted living we developed a low-cost ambient monitoring system for activity recognition. The system is based on smart meter technology and home automation sensors. First test installations in a living lab environment and in non-target group households showed promising results regarding the projected rollout in 100 households. Reference data is collected through assessments and self documentation. We established a central web platform to connect the monitoring data with assessment results. In the future researchers will get access to the database to develop and test new assistive systems.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121964634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}