Abstract
Blood pressure self-measurement requires the patient to follow a range of recommendations in order to be considered valid for diagnostic use. We investigated how a lightweight and context-aware system designed for sensing and correcting incorrect usage of home blood pressure self-measurement devices was perceived by a group of four patients. We found that using a context-aware system for improving adherence is feasible for overcoming the challenges related to moving from the supervised clinical setting to the unsupervised home setting. We also found that patients are willing to accept more advanced monitoring systems and increased surveillance, as long as it is only used during self-measurement periods and is proportional to the severity of the disease
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops : PervasiveHealth 2013 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication date | May 2013 |
| Pages | 236-239 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-0296-5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-193696880-0 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2013 |
| Event | International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Venice, Italy Duration: 5 May 2013 → 8 May 2013 Conference number: 7th |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare |
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| Number | 7th |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Venice |
| Period | 05/05/2013 → 08/05/2013 |