Personal technology use amongst stroke patients: Understanding the best platforms for the design of health interventions in treatment and rehabilitation
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Personal technology use amongst stroke patients : Understanding the best platforms for the design of health interventions in treatment and rehabilitation. / Ciccone, Nicholas William; Dornonville de la Cour, Frederik L.; Thorpe, Julia Rosemary; Forchhammer, Birgitte Hysse; Maier, Anja.
In: Proceedings of the Design Society, Vol. 1, 2021, p. 2419-2428.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Personal technology use amongst stroke patients
T2 - 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2021
AU - Ciccone, Nicholas William
AU - Dornonville de la Cour, Frederik L.
AU - Thorpe, Julia Rosemary
AU - Forchhammer, Birgitte Hysse
AU - Maier, Anja
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © ICED 2021.All right reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Europe’s healthcare systems are under strain with an ageing population contributing to increased risk of strokes. Rapid technology adaption is needed to prevent, rehabilitate and manage symptoms. This paper identifies what technology platforms are most familiar and accessible to stroke patients to guide designers and engineers to develop future interventions. A survey was distributed to 100 inpatients at a stroke unit, identifying patients’ accessibility and usage of personal technologies. Results showed that desktop/laptops and smartphones were most used as opposed to tablets and smartwatches. Different technologies were used for different tasks with a notable lack of devices used for personal health. The underlying reasons for this are discussed with recommendations made on what personal technology platforms should be implemented by designers and engineers in technology-based health interventions.
AB - Europe’s healthcare systems are under strain with an ageing population contributing to increased risk of strokes. Rapid technology adaption is needed to prevent, rehabilitate and manage symptoms. This paper identifies what technology platforms are most familiar and accessible to stroke patients to guide designers and engineers to develop future interventions. A survey was distributed to 100 inpatients at a stroke unit, identifying patients’ accessibility and usage of personal technologies. Results showed that desktop/laptops and smartphones were most used as opposed to tablets and smartwatches. Different technologies were used for different tasks with a notable lack of devices used for personal health. The underlying reasons for this are discussed with recommendations made on what personal technology platforms should be implemented by designers and engineers in technology-based health interventions.
KW - Intervention
KW - New product development
KW - Stroke
KW - Technology
KW - User centred design
U2 - 10.1017/pds.2021.503
DO - 10.1017/pds.2021.503
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85117824355
VL - 1
SP - 2419
EP - 2428
JO - Proceedings of the Design Society
JF - Proceedings of the Design Society
SN - 2732-527X
Y2 - 16 August 2021 through 20 August 2021
ER -
ID: 328691491