Passive sensor technology interface to assess elder activity in independent living

Nursing Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Alexander, Gregory L ^a   Wakefield, Bonnie J ^a   Rantz, Marilyn ^a   Skubic, Marjorie ^b   Aud, Myra A ^a   Erdelez, Sanda ^a   Ghenaimi, Said Al ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

gerontology; human factors; passive monitoring; sensor networks; user centered design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80052495906     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318225f3e1     Document Type: Article

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