Berke EM et al, Annals of Family Medicine, 9(4)
PURPOSE
Automated systems able to infer detailed measures of a person’s social interactions and physical activities in their natural environments could lead to better understanding of factors influencing well-being. We assessed the feasibility of a wireless mobile device in measuring sociability and physical activity in older adults, and compared results with those of traditional questionnaires.
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14 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tag(s): Elderly, mHealth, Monitoring, Physical Activity, Sensors
Beaudoin CE, Hong T. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2011
Purpose
Research over the past decade has conveyed a dramatic rise in health information seeking via the Internet and articulated various profiles and outcomes of health information seeking. In building upon this research, the current study is innovative in considering predictors of health information seeking by medium, as well as outcomes of health information seeking by medium and by critical demographics.
Methods
OLS regression and logistic regression are conducted on data from a telephone survey of American adults in 2007 (N = 700).
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6 June 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tag(s): Disparities, Health Information, Lifestyle, Obesity, Physical Activity, seeking
Weinstock RS et al, Age and Ageing, 2010
Objective:
to examine the effects of the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) telemedicine intervention and pedometer use on physical activity (PA) and impairment in older adults with diabetes.
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19 November 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tag(s): Diabetes, Elderly, Physical Activity, Telemedicine
Medical News Today
“Researchers from Michigan State University’s departments of Electrical Engineering and Kinesiology are teaming up to create a new wearable sensor network to assess a person’s physical activity and overall well-being.
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19 September 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Physical Activity, Sensors, Wearable, Wireless
FlashTicSalut
“La actividad física está asociada con la reducción de riesgos de muchas enfermedades crónicas tales como problemas cardiovasculares, diabetes o algunos cánceres. Para medir los efectos preventivos de la actividad física se necesitan estudios con una recogida de datos fiable. Generalmente, el sistema que se usa son cuestionarios en papel en los que los participantes informan sobre su actividad física de forma retrospectiva.
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8 July 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Cellphone, Chronic Diseases, Physical Activity
