Citation
Jiménez Mixco, Viveca and Cabrera Umpierrez, Maria Fernanda and Arredondo Waldmeyer, Maria Teresa and Panou, Maria and Struck, Matthias and Bonfiglio, Silvio
(2013).
Feasibility of a wireless health monitoring system for prevention and health assessment of elderly people.
In: "35th Annual International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2013)", 03/07/2013 - 07/07/2013, Osaka, Japan. p. 7309.
https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611245.
Abstract
The work presented in this paper comprises the methodology and results of a pilot study on the feasibility of a wireless health monitoring system designed under main EU challenges for the promotion of healthy and active ageing. The system is focused on health assessment, prevention and lifestyle promotion of elderly people. Over a hundred participants including elderly users and caregivers tested the system in four pilot sites across Europe. Tests covered several scenarios in senior centers and real home environments, including performance and usability assessment. Results indicated strong satisfactoriness on usability, usefulness and user friendliness, and the acceptable level of reliability obtained supports future investigation on the same direction for further improvement and transfer of conclusions to the real world in the healthcare delivery.
