title: Design evaluation of a home-based telecare system for Chronic Heart Failure patients.
abstract: In order to improve the care of Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) patients, a system has been developed for monitoring symptoms and document subjective judgments on health conditions in a home environment. Since system usability is an important issue, a two step evaluation of the solution was conducted. First a ten-patient survey was conducted, which was aimed at spotting possible problem areas. The second step involved a small trial in a home setting with CHF patients. The results are promising, indicating that the system is user friendly and easy to use, and that it is suitable as a prototype for the intended use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. anna.gund@chalmers.se
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gund
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ekman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lindecrantz
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Sjoqvist
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Staaf
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thorneskold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*