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Reference/Citation: Katarzyna Wac, Maddalena Fiordelli, Mattia Gustarini, Homero Rivas, Quality of Life Technologies: Experiences from the Field and Key Research Challenges, IEEE Internet Computing, Special Issue: Personalized Digital Health, July/August 2015.
Presented at the XIV Congrès de la Société Francophone d'Analyse du Mouvement chez l'Enfant et l'Adulte (SOFAMEA), Geneva, Switzerland, Feb 2015. See Video of recording: https://mediaserver.unige.ch/play/87916
Ambulatory Monitoring of Patients (mhealth’ h_pe : hype or hope?)
1. Ambulatory Monitoring of Patients
gadgets’ h_pe : hype or hope?
Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Wac
University of Geneva & University of Copenhagen
{katarzyna.wac@unige.ch, wac@di.ku.dk}
http://www.qol.unige.ch
5th February 2015, SOFAMEA
2. 36 years old
female
161 cm, BMI = 23.3
BP: 117/76 mmHg
glucose (fasting): 5.8 mmol/l
RHR: 60 BPM, Sp02=97%
fatigue: 0-1/10
pain: 0/10
no bone fractures
no medications
blood A+, blood donor since 2004
Lifestyle
single, no children
sedentary office worker (since 2003)
light activity (walking ~1h/day, ~2-3/week 30min endurance session)
was vegetarian (age 13-25), red meat: ~1/month
non-smoker
social drinker of alcohol (~1/month)
Meet your patient…
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8. The Challenge
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[G. Wolf and K. Kelly, Wired, 2007; Wac, IMIA 2012; Wac, SAA 2013; Wac, AAAI, 2014]
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9. Causes of Premature Deaths: Behavioral
• Cost of ‘behavioural’ diseases: 47 trillion USD for the next 20 years
(US)
[McGinnis JM, Williams-Russo P, Knickman JR. The case for more active policy attention to health promotion. Health Aff 2002;21:78-93]
[Mokdad AH, Marks JS, Stroup JS, Gerberding JL. Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. JAMA 2004;291:1238-1245]
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