@article{122,
  keywords = {automonous, Heart Failure, physiological, seniors, smart-home, zero-effort monitoring},
  author = {Jennifer Boger and Sherry Grace and Golnoush Taherzadeh and Isaac Chang and Amaya Arcelus and Susanna Mak and Alex Mihailidis},
  title = {Perceptions of seniors with heart failure regarding autonomous zero-effort monitoring of physiological parameters in the smart-home environment},
  abstract = {<p><strong>Background</strong><br />
Technological advances are leading to the ability to autonomously monitor patient s health status in their own homes, to enable aging-in-place.</p>

<p><strong>Objectives</strong><br />
To understand the perceptions of seniors with heart failure (HF) regarding smart-home systems to monitor their physiological parameters.</p>

<p><strong>Methods</strong><br />
In this qualitative study, HF outpatients were invited to a smart-home lab, where they completed a sequence of activities, during which the capacity of 5 autonomous sensing modalities was compared to gold standard measures. Afterwards, a semi-structured interview was undertaken. These were transcribed and analyzed using an interpretive-descriptive approach.</p>

<p><strong>Results</strong><br />
Five themes emerged from the 26 interviews: (1) perceptions of technology, (2) perceived benefits of autonomous health monitoring, (3) disadvantages of autonomous monitoring, (4) lack of perceived need for continuous health monitoring, and (5) preferences for autonomous monitoring.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusions</strong><br />
Patient perception towards autonomous monitoring devices was positive, lending credence to zero-effort technology as a viable and promising approach.</p>
},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care},
  volume = {46},
  chapter = {313},
  month = {08/2017},
  url = {http://www.heartandlung.org/article/S0147-9563(16)30226-6/fulltext},
  doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2017.04.007},
}