Abstract
There is a fast growing number of eHealth systems aiming at supporting a healthy lifestyle. Tailored lifestyle coaching services offer individual users access to web portals where they can communicate about a growing number of ingredients of everyday life concern: physical activity, nutrition, medication, mood, sleep. Mobile technology in combination with body worn sensors support user’s awareness of their physical condition and lifestyle. Despite the large number of available lifestyle interventions and pilot trials, only very few are successfully transferred into the real health care practice. This paper presents new insights and recommendations for the design of lifestyle
support systems with personalized virtual coaching based on two user studies. The rst study focuses on the mobile physical activity coaching for diabetes patients and ofce workers. The second study summarizes the persuasive factors on attitudes of
high-risk adolescents towards a virtual coach in mobile eHealth applications and social media. We present a new approach that integrates an animated digital coach in an activity monitoring lifestyle change support system.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | eTELEMED 2014 |
Subtitle of host publication | The 6th International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine |
Editors | isette van Gemert-Pijnen, Marike Hettinga, Åsa Smedberg |
Place of Publication | Barcelona, Spain |
Publisher | International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA) |
Pages | 211-216 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-61208-327-8 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2014 |
Event | 6th International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, eTELEMED 2014 - Novotel Barcelona Sant Joan Despi, Barcelona, Spain Duration: 23 Mar 2014 → 27 Mar 2014 Conference number: 6 http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/eTELEMED14.html |
Conference
Conference | 6th International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, eTELEMED 2014 |
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Abbreviated title | eTELEMED |
Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Barcelona |
Period | 23/03/14 → 27/03/14 |
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