Designing a wellness self-management tool for older adults - Results from a field trial of YourWellness

Proceedings - PERVASIVEHEALTH 2014: 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 134-141

  Doyle, Julie ^a   Walsh, Lorcan ^a   Sassu, Antonella ^a   McDonagh, Teresa ^a  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Feedback; Older adults; Self management; Wellness

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FEEDBACK; HEALTH CARE;

HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; OLDER ADULTS; PERSONALIZED HEALTHS; SELF MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION; WELLNESS;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 84928920039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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