Requirements guideline of assistive technology for people suffering from dementia

Hyry, Jaakko; Yamamoto, Go; Pulli, Petri

doi:10.1145/2093698.2093737

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“…Adoption is another challenge. This requires, for example, a device to be esthetically adequate for social activities [ 125 ], and requires low amounts of interaction [ 126 ]. Designers and computer scientists will have to deal with these challenges and considerations to avoid overburdening patients and therefore negatively impacting use and adoption of monitoring devices.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Monitoring Technologies for Adults With Pain: Systematic Literature Review

Rodríguez¹,

Herskovic²,

Gerea³

et al. 2017

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundMonitoring of patients may decrease treatment costs and improve quality of care. Pain is the most common health problem that people seek help for in hospitals. Therefore, monitoring patients with pain may have significant impact in improving treatment. Several studies have studied factors affecting pain; however, no previous study has reviewed the contextual information that a monitoring system may capture to characterize a patient’s situation.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to (1) determine what types of technologies have been used to monitor adults with pain, and (2) construct a model of the context information that may be used to implement apps and devices aimed at monitoring adults with pain.MethodsA literature search (2005-2015) was conducted in electronic databases pertaining to medical and computer science literature (PubMed, Science Direct, ACM Digital Library, and IEEE Xplore) using a defined search string. Article selection was done through a process of removing duplicates, analyzing title and abstract, and then reviewing the full text of the article.ResultsIn the final analysis, 87 articles were included and 53 of them (61%) used technologies to collect contextual information. A total of 49 types of context information were found and a five-dimension (activity, identity, wellness, environment, physiological) model of context information to monitor adults with pain was proposed, expanding on a previous model. Most technological interfaces for pain monitoring were wearable, possibly because they can be used in more realistic contexts. Few studies focused on older adults, creating a relevant avenue of research on how to create devices for users that may have impaired cognitive skills or low digital literacy.ConclusionsThe design of monitoring devices and interfaces for adults with pain must deal with the challenge of selecting relevant contextual information to understand the user’s situation, and not overburdening or inconveniencing users with information requests. A model of contextual information may be used by researchers to choose possible contextual information that may be monitored during studies on adults with pain.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Monitoring Technologies for Adults With Pain: Systematic Literature Review

Rodríguez¹,

Herskovic²,

Gerea³

et al. 2017

J Med Internet Res

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“…Picture-Based Input Method Using Tapping on Wall Surfaces (PiTaSu) [ 44 ] is a wearable and portable projection-based display system. Main functions: providing projected images on physical surfaces (e.g., wall), picture-based graphical user interface, and a simple tapping input interaction with the user interface.…”

Section: Supportive Technologies With Multiple Functionalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Technology-Supported Multimodal Solutions for People with Dementia

Zamiri

Sarraipa

Ferreira

et al. 2021

Sensors

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The number of people living with dementia in the world is rising at an unprecedented rate, and no country will be spared. Furthermore, neither decisive treatment nor effective medicines have yet become effective. One potential alternative to this emerging challenge is utilizing supportive technologies and services that not only assist people with dementia to do their daily activities safely and independently, but also reduce the overwhelming pressure on their caregivers. Thus, for this study, a systematic literature review is conducted in an attempt to gain an overview of the latest findings in this field of study and to address some commercially available supportive technologies and services that have potential application for people living with dementia. To this end, 30 potential supportive technologies and 15 active supportive services are identified from the literature and related websites. The technologies and services are classified into different classes and subclasses (according to their functionalities, capabilities, and features) aiming to facilitate their understanding and evaluation. The results of this work are aimed as a base for designing, integrating, developing, adapting, and customizing potential multimodal solutions for the specific needs of vulnerable people of our societies, such as those who suffer from different degrees of dementia.

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“…We have developed several applications for our system based on our previous work [3], especially for the elderly with memory impairments. Figure 1 (b) shows the default menu, and the user can launch sub applications, which are video calling, to do list, calendar, medical instruction, and watching a guidance video for the user interface.…”

Section: Design Of User Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%