"Healthcare on a Wrist": Increasing Compliance Through Checklists on Wearables in Obesity (Self-)Management Programs
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"Healthcare on a Wrist" : Increasing Compliance Through Checklists on Wearables in Obesity (Self-)Management Programs. / Boillat, Thomas; Rivas, Homero; Wac, Katarzyna.
Digital Health: Scaling Healthcare to the World. ed. / Homero Rivas; Katarzyna Wac. Springer, 2018. p. 65-81 (Health Informatics Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - "Healthcare on a Wrist"
T2 - Increasing Compliance Through Checklists on Wearables in Obesity (Self-)Management Programs
AU - Boillat, Thomas
AU - Rivas, Homero
AU - Wac, Katarzyna
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Increasingly, healthcare can get on our wrists. Unhealthy lifestyle habits(e.g., sedentary behavior, nutrient-poor diets) result in higher levels of chronic diseases (e.g., CVD, obesity) and, paradoxically, the first step in disease managementrequires radical lifestyle changes, away from the unhealthy ones. These changes aredifficult for patients and require day-to-day planning and adherence to new behaviors(increased physical activity, special diet programs) for best health outcomes in a longterm. We envision an important role of personalized, miniaturized InformationTechnologies (IT), specifically smart watches—supporting the patient’s selfmanagement efforts in any daily life context, acting as a reminder for specific activities and documenting the patient’s progress via checklist-based approach. We delineatethe requirements and design choices for the WATCH-list—an example of self-management service for obesity patients’ compliance to diet programs. We discuss thechronic illness self-management and role of IT in increasing the patient’s self-efficacyof activities contributing to health, in turn increasing the patient’s compliance to theseactivities and therefore facilitating better health outcomes in a long term.
AB - Increasingly, healthcare can get on our wrists. Unhealthy lifestyle habits(e.g., sedentary behavior, nutrient-poor diets) result in higher levels of chronic diseases (e.g., CVD, obesity) and, paradoxically, the first step in disease managementrequires radical lifestyle changes, away from the unhealthy ones. These changes aredifficult for patients and require day-to-day planning and adherence to new behaviors(increased physical activity, special diet programs) for best health outcomes in a longterm. We envision an important role of personalized, miniaturized InformationTechnologies (IT), specifically smart watches—supporting the patient’s selfmanagement efforts in any daily life context, acting as a reminder for specific activities and documenting the patient’s progress via checklist-based approach. We delineatethe requirements and design choices for the WATCH-list—an example of self-management service for obesity patients’ compliance to diet programs. We discuss thechronic illness self-management and role of IT in increasing the patient’s self-efficacyof activities contributing to health, in turn increasing the patient’s compliance to theseactivities and therefore facilitating better health outcomes in a long term.
KW - Consumer health informatics and personal health records
KW - Mobile health
KW - Tracking and self-management systems
KW - Ubiquitous computing and sensors
KW - Physiologic modeling and disease processes
KW - User-centered design methods (includes prototyping)
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-61446-5_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-61446-5_6
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-319-61445-8
T3 - Health Informatics Series
SP - 65
EP - 81
BT - Digital Health
A2 - Rivas, Homero
A2 - Wac, Katarzyna
PB - Springer
ER -
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