Elderly persons' perception and acceptance of using wireless sensor networks to assist healthcare

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 788-801

  Steele, Robert ^a   Lo, Amanda ^a   Secombe, Chris ^b   Wong, Yuk Kuen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health services for the aged; Healthcare

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; ELDERLY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH DATA; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; ON CURRENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SURVEY DESIGN; USER ACCEPTANCE;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COST; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 71549156856     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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