User-centered development and testing of a monitoring system that provides feedback regarding physical functioning to elderly people

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 843-854

  Vermeulen, Joan ^a   Neyens, Jacques C L ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Marieke D ^a   van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   Sipers, Walther ^c   Habets, Herbert ^c   Hewson, David J ^d   de Witte, Luc P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly people; Physical functioning; Telemonitoring; Usability; User centered design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 84883540415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S45897     Document Type: Article

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