Usability, accessibility and ambient-assisted living: a systematic literature review

Queirós, Alexandra; Silva, Ana; Alvarelhão, Joaquim; Rocha, Nelson Pacheco da; Teixeira, António

doi:10.1007/s10209-013-0328-x

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“…Only few evidences and works systematically analyzed users' requirements of such systems. Queirós and colleagues [37] highlighted in their review a deep lack in AAL research with respect to a deep and intense user perspective investigation. More specifically, it has been pointed out that there is a considerable attention focused on how technology can be used in the AAL contexts instead of looking at the users' needs and proposing ways to address them.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A recent review on AAL technologies, products and services [37] promotes a user-centric development of technology with a strong involvement of end users specifically for usability and accessibility issues pointing out the lack of proper attention to the topic. The review analyzes a number of papers related to the AAL research areas and selects a subset of them that are classified around the "user interaction area" focusing mainly on the development of new interaction mechanisms, new ways of presenting information and evaluation of devices.…”

Section: Smart Homes Ami and Aal: Users Involvementmentioning

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User needs and preferences on AAL systems that support older adults and their carers

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Cortellessa

Fracasso

et al. 2018

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Abstract. This article describes a systematic investigation on the expectations of potential users of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies. More specifically it describes the efforts made to elicit users expectations for services of an AAL system that aims to both monitor older people fostering their independent living and preventing dangerous situations and also offers a valid help to their caregivers. The specific target of our work is older adults, with no critical pathological conditions, who wish to stay home as long as possible. The work proposes a plan for a rigorous systematization of the users needs and their validation based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques involving both the primary users (older users at home) and the secondary users (formal and informal caregivers) who constitute the network of persons around them. Four main areas relevant to the realization of personalized services have been identified that could help to support independent living and improve Quality of Life (QoL) which include the monitoring of Social Interaction, Physiological Data, Daily Activities and Environmental Data. The presented results are also consistent with the global theoretical framework of International Classification of the Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) which highlights the main factors contributions to independent living. This study also investigates the perceived usefulness and acceptance of specific services (considering both primary and secondary users perspective) that have been listed inside each category with the aim to indicate a clear priority level and preferences of users. The article concludes by providing insights on practical implications for the systems development, presenting concrete examples of possible use cases relevant for the AAL domain linked to the elicited user requirements.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Smart Homes Ami and Aal: Users Involvementmentioning

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User needs and preferences on AAL systems that support older adults and their carers

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et al. 2018

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“…Based on their review, they recommended that usability evaluation processes be enhanced by combining more than a single method when evaluating mHealth. Queiros et al [67] illustrated how rapidly HIT is developing in this area with a systematic review of usability and accessibility in ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies. Their review aims to understand how and to what extent user interaction occurs in AAL development and evaluation processes.…”

Section: Technology Human Factors and Usability: Old And New Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are We There Yet? Human Factors Knowledge and Health Information Technology – the Challenges of Implementation and Impact

Turner¹,

Kushniruk²,

Nohr³

2017

Yearb Med Inform

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SummaryObjective: To review the developments in human factors (HF) research on the challenges of health information technology (HIT) implementation and impact given the continuing incidence of usability problems and unintended consequences from HIT development and use. Methods: A search of PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® identified HF research published in 2015 and 2016. Electronic health records (EHRs) and patient-centred HIT emerged as significant foci of recent HF research. The authors selected prominent papers highlighting ongoing HF and usability challenges in these areas. This selective rather than systematic review of recent HF research highlights these key challenges and reflects on their implications on the future impact of HF research on HIT.Results: Research provides evidence of continued poor design, implementation, and usability of HIT, as well as technologyinduced errors and unintended consequences. The paper highlights support for: (i) strengthening the evidence base on the benefits of HF approaches; (ii) improving knowledge translation in the implementation of HF approaches during HIT design, implementation, and evaluation; (iii) increasing transparency, governance, and enforcement of HF best practices at all stages of the HIT system development life cycle. Discussion and Conclusion: HF and usability approaches are yet to become embedded as integral components of HIT development, implementation, and impact assessment. As HIT becomes ever-more pervasive including with patients as end-users, there is a need to expand our conceptualisation of the problems to be addressed and the suite of tactics and strategies to be used to calibrate our pro-active involvement in its improvement. KeywordsHuman factors engineering; usability; patient safety; health information technology Yearb Med Inform 2017:84-91 http://dx

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“…Reconfiguration is performed using statically defined reconfiguration rules in resource descriptions [12], [13], or in a dynamic manner based on reconfiguration rules generated in execution time.  Distributed access points: In [16], the degree to which a component, including devices, systems, resources or services, can be used by as many people as possible. The services provided by the AAL system need to be accessible from different access points, in order to make all users (medical staff, the elderly, the relatives) participate in using the services according to their roles [4].…”

Section: Ambient Assisted Living Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparison Between Ambient Assisted Living Systems

Darwish

Senn

Lohr

et al. 2014

Smart Homes and Health Telematics

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Abstract. The growing number of older people emerges the need to consider autonomy concerns for those people and their need for intensive care. Plenty of researches, such as those in the domain of Ambient Assisted Living Systems, have been carried out to create enhanced conditions for older and people with disabilities, based on providing ICT solutions that enhance the well-being of elderly people and provide them with well independent daily living. In this paper, for better efficiency for such solutions, different essential requirements should be realized to meet those system objectives towards various users. These requirements are identified and introduced. Set of systems has been introduced with their solutions and provided services architecture, to reach the main goal of this work, by evaluating these systems from identified requirements perspective, by studying the functionalities of each system, if they meet the proposed requirements.

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Usability, accessibility and ambient-assisted living: a systematic literature review

Cited by 116 publications

References 73 publications

User needs and preferences on AAL systems that support older adults and their carers

User needs and preferences on AAL systems that support older adults and their carers

Are We There Yet? Human Factors Knowledge and Health Information Technology – the Challenges of Implementation and Impact

A Comparison Between Ambient Assisted Living Systems

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