TY - JOUR
T1 - Acceptance and usability of technology-supported interventions for motivating patients with COPD to be physically active
AU - Tabak, Monique
AU - Hermens, Hermie
AU - Marin-Perianu, Raluca
AU - Burkow, Tatjana
AU - Ciobanu, Ileana
AU - Berteanu, Mihai
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In chronic care, technology can play an important role to increase the quality and efficiency of healthcare. But to be successful, healthcare technology needs to be acceptable, usable, and easily integrated into daily life. As a consequence, end-users need to be actively involved in the design process. In the European IS-ACTIVE project, we developed technology-supported interventions that promote physical activity in patients with COPD, by using an ambulant activity coach and an interactive game. In this paper, we elaborate on the design, involving the end-users, to develop interventions that are highly usable and well accepted.
AB - In chronic care, technology can play an important role to increase the quality and efficiency of healthcare. But to be successful, healthcare technology needs to be acceptable, usable, and easily integrated into daily life. As a consequence, end-users need to be actively involved in the design process. In the European IS-ACTIVE project, we developed technology-supported interventions that promote physical activity in patients with COPD, by using an ambulant activity coach and an interactive game. In this paper, we elaborate on the design, involving the end-users, to develop interventions that are highly usable and well accepted.
KW - Physical activity
KW - Acceptance
KW - Coaching
KW - COPD
KW - Usability
KW - Gaming
M3 - Article
SN - 1645-7641
VL - 11
SP - 103
EP - 115
JO - IADIS international journal on www/internet
JF - IADIS international journal on www/internet
IS - 3
ER -