Activity theory as a theoretical framework for health self-quantification: A systematic review of empirical studies

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Almalki, Manal ^a,b   Gray, Kathleen ^a   Martin Sanchez, Fernando ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Activity theory; Diagnostic self evaluation; Human computer interaction; Patient activation; Patient participation; Personal informatics; Quantified self; Self care; Self experimentation; Self management; Self monitoring; Self quantification; Self tracking; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF MONITORING; SELF-EXPERIMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOOL USE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84973473383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5000     Document Type: Review

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