Wearable technology and mobile applications for healthcare

García-Magariño, I. ; Sarkar, D. ; Lacuesta, R. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Wearable technology (WT) and mobile applications (apps) are providing support for continuous health monitoring of people in a wide range of diseases, including psychological and physical. WT and apps can be especially useful in the aging population [1] for tracking the evolution of certain symptoms, providing motivational engagement and supporting telemedicine with remote monitoring. WT and apps are some of the pillars in the mHealth research [2]. Among most commons applications, apps can (a) geolocate lost people with neurodegenerative impairment, (b) collate patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures (PROMs and PREMs), (c) automatically evaluate early symptoms of some neurodegenerative diseases by assessing features such as memory, and (d) keep track of emotional evolution like in the EmoPaint app. WT can (1) monitor the physical activity during the day by counting steps, which is useful in some rehabilitation or degenerative diseases, (2) track the heart’s activity to ensure that the wearer’s activity keeps the heart rate in a healthy and nonrisky range, and (3) check seeping patterns for ensuring the proper rest...

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1155/2019/6247094

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Mobile Information Systems 2019 (2019), 6247094 [2 pp]
ISSN: 1574-017X

Factor impacto JCR: 1.508 (2019)

Categ. JCR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS rank: 69 / 90 = 0.767 (2019) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS rank: 118 / 156 = 0.756 (2019) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.355 - Computer Networks and Communications (Q2) - Computer Science Applications (Q3)

Tipo y forma: (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Lenguajes y Sistemas Inf. (Dpto. Informát.Ingenie.Sistms.)