TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study

Lamia Elloumi; Bert-Jan van Beijnum; Hermie Hermens

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27707-3_27

TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study

Lamia Elloumi^*, Bert-Jan van Beijnum, Hermie Hermens

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Abstract

Despite the well-known benefits of physical activity on health, the recommended level of physical activity is not reached by everyone. Many interventions are aimed at reducing sedentary behaviour and increasing physical activity. As an intervention, we developed a virtual community system, TogetherActive, aiming at providing the social support to people in their daily life. Typically, virtual communities provide emotional and/or informational support, but our contribution aims mainly the instrumental and appraisal support. The community is coupled with physical activity sensor. In this system we focused on concepts such as individual and group goals, comparison, competition and cooperation in order to increase motivation to meet the daily recommended physical activity level. In this paper presents the design and the key concepts of the TogetherActive system, its implementation and the usability study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Ana Fred, Hugo Gamboa, Dirk Elias
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	440-457
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-27707-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-27706-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27707-3_27
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 12 Jan 2015 → 15 Jan 2015 Conference number: 8

Publication series

Name	Communications in computer and information science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	574
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015
Abbreviated title	BIOSTEC 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	12/01/15 → 15/01/15

Keywords

Usability evaluation
Virtual Support Community
Design
Physical activity

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Elloumi, L., van Beijnum, B-J., & Hermens, H. (2015). TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study. In A. Fred, H. Gamboa, & D. Elias (Eds.), Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 440-457). (Communications in computer and information science; Vol. 574). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27707-3_27

Elloumi, Lamia ; van Beijnum, Bert-Jan ; Hermens, Hermie. / TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study. Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Ana Fred ; Hugo Gamboa ; Dirk Elias. Cham : Springer, 2015. pp. 440-457 (Communications in computer and information science).

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Elloumi, L, van Beijnum, B-J & Hermens, H 2015, TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study. in A Fred, H Gamboa & D Elias (eds), Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in computer and information science, vol. 574, Springer, Cham, pp. 440-457, 8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, 12/01/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27707-3_27

TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study. / Elloumi, Lamia; van Beijnum, Bert-Jan ; Hermens, Hermie.

Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Ana Fred; Hugo Gamboa; Dirk Elias. Cham : Springer, 2015. p. 440-457 (Communications in computer and information science; Vol. 574).

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Elloumi L, van Beijnum B-J , Hermens H. TogetherActive - key concepts and usability study. In Fred A, Gamboa H, Elias D, editors, Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer. 2015. p. 440-457. (Communications in computer and information science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-27707-3_27

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