A new electronic monitoring device to measure medication adherence: Usability of the helping hand™

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1535-1552

  de Bleser, Leentje ^a   Vincke, Birgit ^a   Dobbels, Fabienne ^a   Happ, Mary Beth ^b   Maes, Bart ^c   Vanhaecke, Johan ^d   de Geest, Sabina ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Electronic monitoring; Mixed method design; Satisfaction; Usability; User performance

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABILITY; ELECTRONIC MONITORING; MIXED METHOD; SATISFACTION; USABILITY; USER PERFORMANCE;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMINDER SYSTEM; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77955500334     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100301535     Document Type: Article

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