{"title":"Integrating volunteered geographic information into pervasive health computing applications","authors":"P. Mooney, P. Corcoran","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246093","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we describe the potential for using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in pervasive health computing. We use the OpenStreetMap project as a case-study of a successful VGI project and investigate how it can be expanded and used as a source of spatial information for pervasive computing technologies particularly in the area of access to information on healthcare services.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"13 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":"123762603","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":"On the importance of locations in therapeutic serious games: Review on current health games and how they make use of the urban landscape","authors":"Martin Knöll, M. Moar","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246013","url":null,"abstract":"This article addresses the question of how different health games involve real world locations. A usage-based taxonomy is placed in relation to current research on \"building blocks\" for health games, on pervasive gaming and urban design theory. This provides a conceptual framework to guide a review on current practice, showing amongst other things, that mobile exergames use a wide range of gameplay activities. These activities span from developing physical skills, to immersive storytelling and social interaction. In contrast, diabetes management games seem to primarily involve simulating self-care, knowledge gain and \"nurturing\" of a virtual character. Both preventive and therapeutic health games - in this paper focusing on those promoting physical activity and dealing with disease management - increasingly use mobile technologies. It is shown that such games can interact with topographic and social context of the urban landscape in different ways. Therapeutic games have so far hardly involved any pervasive gaming strategies. The article concludes with an outline of further interdisciplinary research to address a broader range of gameplay activities and finally, various game sites are framed in the perspective of urban design research.","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":"132353422","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}
Herman Chan, Huiru Zheng, Haiying Wang, Rachel E. Gawley, Mingjing Yang, Roy Sterritt
{"title":"Feasibility study on iPhone accelerometer for gait detection","authors":"Herman Chan, Huiru Zheng, Haiying Wang, Rachel E. Gawley, Mingjing Yang, Roy Sterritt","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245995","url":null,"abstract":"Falls amongst the elderly is becoming a major problem with over 50% of elderly hospitalizations due to injury from fall related accidents. Healthcare expenses are dramatically rising due to growing elderly population. Many current technologies for gait analysis are laboratory-based and can incur substantial costs for the healthcare sector for treatment of falls. However utilization of alternative commercially available technologies can potentially reduce costs. Accelerometers are one such option, being ambulatory motion sensors for the detection of orientation and movement. Smart mobile devices are considered as non-invasive and increasingly contain accelerometers for detecting device orientation. This study looks at the capabilities of the accelerometer within a smart mobile device, namely the iPhone, for identification of gait events from walking along a flat surface. The results prove that it is possible to extract features from the accelerometer of an iPhone such as step detection, stride time and cadence.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"81 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":"133605275","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":"Supporting stakeholder needs by ceding control: The benefits of listening to end-users","authors":"A. Glascock, D. Kutzik","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245997","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the progressive design process and actual use and evaluation in situ of an informatics system-the Home Care Informatics System-that transmits information obtained by home based pervasive health care systems to caregivers and clients in a timely manner and easily usable format. Since 2006, three versions of the system have been tested in a series of studies with care provision organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Findings from the studies have driven the development of the different iterations with the result being a customized model of pervasive health care that relies on the needs of the end-users, rather than the goals of the developers. Barriers encountered during the testing, that appear to be generalizable to the successful adoption of pervasive health care systems in general, are discussed and possible solutions suggested.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"35 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":"116641210","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":"Perceived usefulness of assistive technologies and electronic services for ambient assisted living","authors":"M. Ziefle, C. Röcker, Andreas Holzinger","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246044","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on a study analyzing the attitudes of users towards different types of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services. The study explores the acceptance and terms of use of large interactive screens for the most common applications types: health, social and convenience services. In order to understand the impact of user diversity, we explored age, gender, health status, social contact, interest in technology, and the reported ease of use as well as their relation to acceptance. Using the questionnaire method, 30 women and 30 men between 17-95 years were examined. The results show that users are not yet very familiar with the vision of smart technology at home and report a considerable diffidence and aloofness towards using such technologies. Persons with many social contacts and a high interest in technology show the highest acceptance for electronic services at home. Astonishingly, the results for the different applications were insensitive to gender and age, which indicates that the precautious attitude towards AAL applications represents a universal phenomenon. Consequently, acceptance criteria as well as users' needs and wants should be seriously considered in order to successfully design smart home technologies.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"126 32 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":"132804001","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":"From self-monitoring to self-understanding: Going beyond physiological sensing for supporting wellbeing","authors":"D. Pavel, V. Callaghan, A. Dey","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245999","url":null,"abstract":"Even though mental health is an important part of our wellbeing we believe that, so far, it has been overlooked in favour of physical health by most of the existing self-monitoring solutions. Our goal is to utilise context aware technologies in order to support people in understanding how various aspects of their lives influence their wellbeing, including their mental health. For that, we need to gain a deeper insight into the challenges of designing such solutions, from sensing to interaction paradigms. This paper describes our system, the design challenges we have encountered, the decisions we have made and our ongoing work in terms of system design as well as usage experiments.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"20 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":"128601469","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 new device for motion-aware ambulatory blood pressure measurement","authors":"L. T. D'Angelo, M. Lohmann, T. Lüth","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.245986","url":null,"abstract":"In this contribution, a system for motion-aware ambulatory blood pressure measurement is presented for the first time. Regular measurement of blood pressure is a key factor in controlling hypertension. However, blood pressure measurements in doctor's surgeries are random samples of a value varying during the day. 24h ambulatory blood pressure measurement systems are used to get information about blood pressure changes in the course of a day. Measurement errors can occur due to movement artifacts, wrong posture during the measurement or absence of proper rest time prior to the measurement. The presented system monitors the user's motions and postpones planned measurements if proper rest is not detected. Additionally, it detects whether the user is in the proper upright position during measurement. Both, system concept and evaluations of BP measurement as well as movement and posture detection accuracy are presented.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"80 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":"131694374","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":"Using ICT to overcome barriers to behaviour change and implement lifestyle interventions","authors":"A. Fielden","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246100","url":null,"abstract":"This paper outlines my doctoral research to date as well as describing areas for future research. The aim of my PhD is to explore the potential role that information and communication technologies (ICT) may have in motivating behaviour change relating to lifestyle behaviours. In particular the focus of my research are behaviours associated with obesity amongst those considered to be at high risk (families of low SES). Barriers to adopting healthy lifestyles will be explored and motivational techniques with strong theoretical underpinnings will be developed ICTs will be considered and tested as means to disseminate motivational interventions. The research has a strong focus on real world applications which should be seen as highly important when focussed on addressing problems such as obesity.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"102 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":"132031947","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":"Programming home care","authors":"Claire Maternaghan, K. Turner","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246066","url":null,"abstract":"The home is composed of many different devices, services and technologies. These rarely communicate with one another, and require various different computer systems and applications to be able to interact with them all remotely. A challenge within telecare is being able to exploit the functionality of these devices within the home and offer a common means of control, monitoring and programming, either locally or remotely. Homer, a home system designed and developed at the University of Stirling, can communicate with any device within the home and then expose the functionality to a range of different interfaces on different platforms and devices. This paper introduces Homer, describing how it communicates with the devices within the home, a brief description of the system architecture, and finally describes its user interfaces for the home. Home requirements are introduced at the beginning of the paper, explored throughout, and finally evaluated at the end.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"52 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":"131582203","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":"Development of a telemedical platform: Challenges, requirements, and solutions","authors":"R. Ghosh, H. Schellhorn","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2011.246043","url":null,"abstract":"Telehealth supported care coordination for patients with chronic diseases has been established for more than 10 years. New requirements and challenges for the development of a modern telemedical platform are emerging as organizations attempt large-scale implementations and the integration of telehealth in a variety of care settings. This paper describes a newly developed telehealth system that is already deployed commercially along with future challenges facing this system.","PeriodicalId":444978,"journal":{"name":"2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops","volume":"24 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":"127748174","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}