Acceptance and Potential Impact of the eWall Platform for Health Monitoring and Promotion in Persons with a Chronic Disease or Age-Related Impairment

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ID15470571
AuthorsFrancesco Infarinato (0000-0002-5570-8490, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele), Stephanie M Jansen-Kosterink (0000-0002-2095-7104, Roessingh Research and Development), Paola Romano (0000-0002-1248-3922, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, corresponding author), Lex Van Velsen (0000-0003-0599-8706, Roessingh Research and Development), Harm op den Akker (0000-0001-6312-6063, Roessingh Research and Development), Federica Rizza (IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele), Marco Ottaviani (0000-0002-0943-162X, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele), Sofoklis Kyriazakos (0000-0002-8841-6558, Aarhus University), Beatrix Wais-Zechmann (Austrian Institute of Technology), Markus Garschall (0000-0002-5784-1850, Austrian Institute of Technology), Stefano Bonassi (0000-0003-3833-6717, San Raffaele University of Rome), Hermie J Hermens (Roessingh Research and Development, 7522 AH Enschede, The Netherlands), Hermie Hermens (0000-0002-3065-3876, Roessingh Research and Development)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue21
Pages7893-7893
Publication date2020-10-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17217893
PMID33126506
OpenAlexW3097217964
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited34

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

Cognition · Cognitive impairment · Context (archaeology · COPD · Disease · Health promotion · Pathology · Promotion (chess · Psychiatry · Public health · Pulmonary disease · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Nursing · Psychology · Technology Use by Older Adults

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