Title
Opportunities and Challenges for Self-monitoring Technologies for Healthy Aging: An In-situ Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
October 2017
Publication Title
Gerontechnology
Volume
16
Issue Number
3
First Page
173
Last Page
180
Keywords
Health, behavior change, activity monitoring, qualitative studies, older adults, physical activity
Disciplines
Gerontology | Health Information Technology | Management Information Systems | Technology and Innovation
Abstract
The current need to adopt a healthy lifestyle opens the way for researchers to investigate the efficiency of using technology to motivate a change towards such behavior. Senior people’s technology adoption barriers have been largely investigated in previous research but remain unclear to design efficient solution to promote behavior change in the long term. In this paper, we present the findings of an experiment with 20 older adults using pervasive sensors for 6 weeks at their homes. In particular, we present their attitudes for physical activities and self-monitoring technologies before and after the actual usage. We then discuss the opportunities and challenges for designing self-monitoring technologies for healthy aging.
Recommended Citation
Mirana Randriambelonoro, Yu Chen, Onur Yuruten, and Pearl Pu. "Opportunities and Challenges for Self-monitoring Technologies for Healthy Aging: An In-situ Study" Gerontechnology (2017): 173-180.
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Comments
This article was published by the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG) and appeared in the online journal, Gerontechnology, volume 16, issue 3, 2017.