TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a smart continence management system based on initial user requirement assessment
AU - Biswas, Jit
AU - Wai, Aung Aung Phyo
AU - Foo, Victor Siang Fook
AU - Nugent, Chris
AU - Mulvenna, Maurice
AU - Craig, David
AU - Passmore, Peter
AU - Zhang, Daqing
AU - Lee, Jer En
AU - Yap, Philip Lin Kiat
PY - 2008/8/21
Y1 - 2008/8/21
N2 - Those with dementia need closer attention and monitoring when they develop incontinence. Incontinence can lead to medical complications such as skin breakdown, places greater demands on caregivers, and strips the patients of their dignity. We have taken a step towards building a smart continence management system (SCMS) by automating the detection of events and forwarding details of these events to caregivers. Besides reducing bedsores and concomitant ill-effects of the elderly remaining in soiled diapers for prolonged periods, SCMS also benefits caregivers, helping them improve visitation schedules and time management. In the user-requirements generation phase, a cohort of people were interviewed. Subsequently the user-requirements were translated into technical specifications, based on which, a product survey was conducted. The system was designed, implemented, deployed and is being evaluated at a nursing home in Singapore. Initial results are encouraging. A planned usability study/overall system evaluation will provide new requirements for the second version.
AB - Those with dementia need closer attention and monitoring when they develop incontinence. Incontinence can lead to medical complications such as skin breakdown, places greater demands on caregivers, and strips the patients of their dignity. We have taken a step towards building a smart continence management system (SCMS) by automating the detection of events and forwarding details of these events to caregivers. Besides reducing bedsores and concomitant ill-effects of the elderly remaining in soiled diapers for prolonged periods, SCMS also benefits caregivers, helping them improve visitation schedules and time management. In the user-requirements generation phase, a cohort of people were interviewed. Subsequently the user-requirements were translated into technical specifications, based on which, a product survey was conducted. The system was designed, implemented, deployed and is being evaluated at a nursing home in Singapore. Initial results are encouraging. A planned usability study/overall system evaluation will provide new requirements for the second version.
KW - Continence management system
KW - Dementia patients
KW - Wireless sensor networks
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-69916-3_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-69916-3_8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:49549118943
SN - 3540699147
SN - 9783540699149
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 62
EP - 72
BT - Smart Homes and Health Telematics - 6th International Conference, ICOST 2008, Proceedings
T2 - 6th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2008
Y2 - 28 June 2008 through 2 July 2008
ER -