Patient self-management is vital to improved health outcomes for patients with chronic diseases. The objective of this study was to understand the role of wearable sensors in patients’ self-management. A survey encompassing factors related to motivation in mHealth was conducted. Ease of use and sensory accuracy was found most important when choosing a wearable. Manual registration of most health-related ...

<i>Background</i> - People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have lower levels of physical activity than the general population. The aim of this study was to understand the motivational factors of participation in physical activity for people with ID from the perspectives of the family members and staff.<p> <p><i>Method</i> - An abductive qualitative design was used. Social Cognitive Theory ...

Data from consumer-based devices for collecting personal health-related data could be useful in diagnostics and treatment. This requires a flexible and scalable software and system architecture to handle the data. This study examines the existing mSpider platform, addresses shortcomings in security and development, and suggests a full risk analysis, a more loosely coupled component- based system for ...

An employee in an academic position has to do at least three different tasks: research, teaching and research dissemination. In addition come administrative duties. These tasks draw on different skills that all should be documented in an application for an academic position. Unfortunately, only a minority is writing their applications so that their total competence is documented. A good application ...

Med den norske opprykksordningen hvor alle med professorkompetanse gis et personlig professorat, så er det ingen andre enn den vitenskapelig ansatte selv som står i veien for professortittelen. I denne artikkelen gjennomgås 12 suksesskriterier for å oppnå professorkompetanse: (1) Ta imot faglige utfordringer; (2) tenk publisering; (3) barn bør ta tid; (4) begrens forelesningsforberedelser; (5) ha ...

Background: Medical consultations are often critical meetings between patients and health personnel to provide treatment, health-management advice, and exchange of information, especially for people living with chronic diseases. The adoption of patient-operated Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) allows the patients to actively participate in their consultation and treatment. The ...

Collecting objective physical activity data from research participants are increasingly done using consumer-based activity trackers. Several validation studies of Polar devices are conducted to date, but no systematic review of the current level of accuracy for these devices exist. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the accuracy of current wrist-worn Polar devices that equips a triaxial ...

<i>Background</i>: There is rising demand for health care’s limited resources. Mobile health (mHealth) could be a solution, especially for those with chronic illnesses such as diabetes. mHealth can increases patients’ options to self-manage their health, improving their health knowledge, engagement, and capacity to contribute to their own care decisions. However, there are few solutions for sharing ...

The health and well-being of informal caregivers often take a backseat to those that they care for. While systems, technologies, and services that provide care and support for those with chronic illnesses are established and continuously improved, those that support informal caregivers are less explored. An international survey about motivations to use mHealth technologies was posted to online ...