OBJECTIVES: To provide an introductory overview on selected areas
of health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies and to suggest
relevant fields for future research. METHODS: Summarizing the state
of the art for 1) ambient environments and 2) health-related sensor
technologies, 3) presenting relevant medical conditions and their
relation to health-enabling technologies, and 4) illustrating the
application of those technologies for lifestyle management with examples
for activity monitoring and prevention of overweight. The suggestions
for future research are based on own research projects in this field.
RESULTS: Health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies are regarded
to have the potential to significantly improve quality of life and
efficiency of health care in aging societies. Research on health-enabling
and ambient-assistive technologies is highly multidisciplinary. CONCLUSIONS:
It still has, to a large extent, to be exploratory. An increasing
amount of outcomes research through well-designed evaluation studies
that explore technical solutions in a social context and in relation
to individual needs will be crucial.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Koch2009
%A Koch, Sabine
%A Marschollek, Michael
%A Wolf, Klaus-Hendrik
%A Plischke, Maik
%A Haux, Reinhold
%D 2009
%J Methods Inf Med
%K Care Devices Home Humans; Information Management, Obesity; Overweight; Retrieval, Self-Help Services; Storage Systems; and methods;
%N 1
%P 29--37
%R 10.3414/ME9136
%T On health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies. What has been
achieved and where do we have to go?
%V 48
%X OBJECTIVES: To provide an introductory overview on selected areas
of health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies and to suggest
relevant fields for future research. METHODS: Summarizing the state
of the art for 1) ambient environments and 2) health-related sensor
technologies, 3) presenting relevant medical conditions and their
relation to health-enabling technologies, and 4) illustrating the
application of those technologies for lifestyle management with examples
for activity monitoring and prevention of overweight. The suggestions
for future research are based on own research projects in this field.
RESULTS: Health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies are regarded
to have the potential to significantly improve quality of life and
efficiency of health care in aging societies. Research on health-enabling
and ambient-assistive technologies is highly multidisciplinary. CONCLUSIONS:
It still has, to a large extent, to be exploratory. An increasing
amount of outcomes research through well-designed evaluation studies
that explore technical solutions in a social context and in relation
to individual needs will be crucial.
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abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To provide an introductory overview on selected areas
of health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies and to suggest
relevant fields for future research. METHODS: Summarizing the state
of the art for 1) ambient environments and 2) health-related sensor
technologies, 3) presenting relevant medical conditions and their
relation to health-enabling technologies, and 4) illustrating the
application of those technologies for lifestyle management with examples
for activity monitoring and prevention of overweight. The suggestions
for future research are based on own research projects in this field.
RESULTS: Health-enabling and ambient-assistive technologies are regarded
to have the potential to significantly improve quality of life and
efficiency of health care in aging societies. Research on health-enabling
and ambient-assistive technologies is highly multidisciplinary. CONCLUSIONS:
It still has, to a large extent, to be exploratory. An increasing
amount of outcomes research through well-designed evaluation studies
that explore technical solutions in a social context and in relation
to individual needs will be crucial.},
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