Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Feasibility of a Wireless Health Monitoring System for Prevention and Health Assessment of Elderly People
Year:2013

Research Areas
  • Natural sciences and health sciences,
  • Electronic technology and of the communications

Information
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.
International
Si
Congress
35th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
960
Place
Osaka International Convention Cente
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-4577-0216-7
Start Date
03/07/2013
End Date
07/07/2013
From page
7306
To page
7309
Proceedings of the 35th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Tecnologías de Apoyo a la Vida
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de tecnología Biomédica CTB
  • Departamento: Tecnología Fotónica y Bioingeniería