2019
Journal article  Open Access

Experimenting mobile and e-health services with frail MCI older people

Delmastro F., Dolciotti C., La Rosa D., Di Martino F., Magrini M., Coscetti S., Palumbo F.

Information Systems  User experience  Reliability  E-Health services  Long-term care 

The ageing population has become an increasing phenomenon world-wide, leading to a growing need for specialised help. Improving the quality of life of older people can lower the risk of depression and social isolation, but it requires a multi-dimensional approach through continuous monitoring and training of the main health domains (e.g., cognitive, motor, nutritional and behavioural). To this end, the use of mobile and e-health services tailored to the user's needs can help stabilise their health conditions, in terms of physical, mental, and social capabilities. In this context, the INTESA project proposes a set of personalised monitoring and rehabilitation services for older people, based on mobile and wearable technologies ready to be used either at home or in residential long-term care facilities. We evaluated the proposed solution by deploying a suite of services in a nursing home and defining customised protocols to involve both guests (primary users) and nursing care personnel (secondary users). In this paper, we present the extended results obtained after the one-year period of experimentation in terms of technical reliability of the system, Quality of Experience, and user acceptance for both the user categories.

Source: Information (Basel) 10 (2019). doi:10.3390/info10080253

Publisher: MDPI, Basel, Svizzera


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@article{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:416302,
	title = {Experimenting mobile and e-health services with frail MCI older people},
	author = {Delmastro F. and Dolciotti C. and La Rosa D. and Di Martino F. and Magrini M. and Coscetti S. and Palumbo F.},
	publisher = {MDPI, Basel, Svizzera},
	doi = {10.3390/info10080253},
	journal = {Information (Basel)},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2019}
}