Paper Info
Title
Designing mobile health technology for bipolar disorder: a field trial of the monarca system
Abstract
An increasing number of pervasive healthcare systems are being designed, that allow people to monitor and get feedback on their health and wellness. To address the challenges of self-management of mental illnesses, we have developed the MONARCA system - a personal monitoring system for bipolar patients. We conducted a 14 week field trial in which 12 patients used the system, and we report findings focusing on their experiences. The results were positive; compared to using paper-based forms, the adherence to self-assessment improved; the system was considered very easy to use; and the perceived usefulness of the system was high. Based on this study, the paper discusses three HCI questions related to the design of personal health technologies; how to design for disease awareness and self-treatment, how to ensure adherence to personal health technologies, and the roles of different types of technology platforms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2470654.2481364
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
bipolar patient,increasing number,field trial,pervasive healthcare system,mobile health technology,bipolar disorder,hci question,mental illness,different type,personal monitoring system,disease awareness,monarca system,personal health technology,mental health
Disease,Bipolar disorder,Monitoring system,Health technology,Computer science,Mental health,Healthcare system,Field trial,Multimedia,Applied psychology,Personal health
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
57
3.21
16
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jakob E. Bardram12136174.84
Mads Frost218414.77
Károly Szántó3855.47
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen41078.46
Maj Vinberg5593.64
Lars Vedel Kessing6593.98