TY - JOUR
T1 - Acceptance and potential impact of the ewall platform for health monitoring and promotion in persons with a chronic disease or age-related impairment
AU - Infarinato, Francesco
AU - Jansen-Kosterink, Stephanie
AU - Romano, Paola
AU - van Velsen, Lex
AU - Akker, Harm Op Den
AU - Rizza, Federica
AU - Ottaviani, Marco
AU - Kyriazakos, Sofoklis
AU - Wais-Zechmann, Beatrix
AU - Garschall, Markus
AU - Bonassi, Stefano
AU - Hermens, Hermie J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 610658. The study was partially supported by a grant for Institutional Research (Ricercacorrente) funded by the Italian Ministry of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Pervasive health technologies can increase the effectiveness of personal health monitoring and training, but more user studies are necessary to understand the interest for these technologies, and how they should be designed and implemented. In the present study, we evaluated eWALL, a user-centered pervasive health technology consisting of a platform that monitors users’ physical and cognitive behavior, providing feedback and motivation via an easy-to-use, touch-based user interface. The eWALL was placed for one month in the home of 48 subjects with a chronic condition (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—COPD or mild cognitive impairment—MCI) or with an age-related impairment. User acceptance, platform use, and potential clinical effects were evaluated using surveys, data logs, and clinical scales. Although some features of the platform need to be improved before reaching technical maturity and making a difference in patients’ lives, the real-life evaluation of eWALL has shown how some features may influence patients’ intention to use this promising technology. Furthermore, this study made it clear how the free use of different health apps is modulated by the real needs of the patient and by their usefulness in the context of the patient’s clinical status.
AB - Pervasive health technologies can increase the effectiveness of personal health monitoring and training, but more user studies are necessary to understand the interest for these technologies, and how they should be designed and implemented. In the present study, we evaluated eWALL, a user-centered pervasive health technology consisting of a platform that monitors users’ physical and cognitive behavior, providing feedback and motivation via an easy-to-use, touch-based user interface. The eWALL was placed for one month in the home of 48 subjects with a chronic condition (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—COPD or mild cognitive impairment—MCI) or with an age-related impairment. User acceptance, platform use, and potential clinical effects were evaluated using surveys, data logs, and clinical scales. Although some features of the platform need to be improved before reaching technical maturity and making a difference in patients’ lives, the real-life evaluation of eWALL has shown how some features may influence patients’ intention to use this promising technology. Furthermore, this study made it clear how the free use of different health apps is modulated by the real needs of the patient and by their usefulness in the context of the patient’s clinical status.
KW - Acceptance of technology
KW - Chronicity
KW - COPD
KW - EHealth
KW - Frailty
KW - Health apps
KW - ICT platform
KW - MCI
KW - Patient empowerment
KW - Pervasive healthcare
KW - Telemonitoring
KW - Telerehabilitation
KW - User experience
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17217893
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17217893
M3 - Article
C2 - 33126506
AN - SCOPUS:85094936159
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 21
M1 - 7893
ER -