The Usability of an Exercise-based Tele-rehabilitation ServiceA Hybrid Methodology

D. Wever, F. Benvenuti, H. J. Hermens, Miriam Vollenbroek, R. Sánchez-Carrión, Rianne Huis in 't Veld, S. Doménech, S. M. Jansen-Kosterink, S. Scattareggia, Wojciech Glinkowski

2012

Abstract

Having usable technology is an imperative, especially for contemporary (elderly) patients with disabilities. The aim of the present document is to examine the usability of our exercise-based tele-rehabilitation service based on a hybrid approach in four different impaired user groups (elderly people with cognitive and/or movement and postural problems) and in its context (as a tele-rehabilitation service during rehabilitation treatment). A hybrid approach consisted of a task-oriented patient usability test and a one-year pilot-implementation during which problem software reports and change requests were collected from professionals. Across Europe, in total n=60 patients were included in the usability test suffering from pulmonary diseases, stroke, orthopeadic patients and patients suffering from Alzheimer. In addition, during the one-year pilot-implementation period in four European clinical centers (NL, PL, IT, ES), in total n=81 Software Problem Reports (SPR’s) have been collected and n=43 Change Requests (CRs). In conclusion, this hybrid methodology allowed usability data to be retrieved from both an episodic and a longer period of use, controlled use and use in routine care, and focus on both the tele-rehabilitation software and service delivery, i.e tele-treatment protocols. Moreover, both the patient as well the professional perspective was incorporated.

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Sánchez-Carrión R., Doménech S., Scattareggia S., Benvenuti F., Vollenbroek M., Hermens H., Jansen-Kosterink S., Wever D., Glinkowski W. and Huis in 't Veld R. (2012). The Usability of an Exercise-based Tele-rehabilitation ServiceA Hybrid Methodology . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on e-Health Services and Technologies and the Third International Conference on Green IT Solutions - Volume 1: EHST, ISBN 978-989-8565-27-3, pages 36-43. DOI: 10.5220/0004473800360043


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@conference{ehst12,
author={R. Sánchez-Carrión and S. Doménech and S. Scattareggia and F. Benvenuti and Miriam Vollenbroek and H. J. Hermens and S. M. Jansen-Kosterink and D. Wever and Wojciech Glinkowski and Rianne Huis in 't Veld},
title={The Usability of an Exercise-based Tele-rehabilitation ServiceA Hybrid Methodology},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on e-Health Services and Technologies and the Third International Conference on Green IT Solutions - Volume 1: EHST,},
year={2012},
pages={36-43},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004473800360043},
isbn={978-989-8565-27-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on e-Health Services and Technologies and the Third International Conference on Green IT Solutions - Volume 1: EHST,
TI - The Usability of an Exercise-based Tele-rehabilitation ServiceA Hybrid Methodology
SN - 978-989-8565-27-3
AU - Sánchez-Carrión R.
AU - Doménech S.
AU - Scattareggia S.
AU - Benvenuti F.
AU - Vollenbroek M.
AU - Hermens H.
AU - Jansen-Kosterink S.
AU - Wever D.
AU - Glinkowski W.
AU - Huis in 't Veld R.
PY - 2012
SP - 36
EP - 43
DO - 10.5220/0004473800360043