TY - CHAP

T1 - "Healthcare on a Wrist"

T2 - Increasing Compliance Through Checklists on Wearables in Obesity (Self-)Management Programs

AU - Boillat, Thomas

AU - Rivas, Homero

AU - Wac, Katarzyna

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Increasingly, healthcare can get on our wrists. Unhealthy lifestyle habits(e.g., sedentary behavior, nutrient-poor diets) result in higher levels of chronic diseases (e.g., CVD, obesity) and, paradoxically, the first step in disease managementrequires radical lifestyle changes, away from the unhealthy ones. These changes aredifficult for patients and require day-to-day planning and adherence to new behaviors(increased physical activity, special diet programs) for best health outcomes in a longterm. We envision an important role of personalized, miniaturized InformationTechnologies (IT), specifically smart watches—supporting the patient’s selfmanagement efforts in any daily life context, acting as a reminder for specific activities and documenting the patient’s progress via checklist-based approach. We delineatethe requirements and design choices for the WATCH-list—an example of self-management service for obesity patients’ compliance to diet programs. We discuss thechronic illness self-management and role of IT in increasing the patient’s self-efficacyof activities contributing to health, in turn increasing the patient’s compliance to theseactivities and therefore facilitating better health outcomes in a long term.

AB - Increasingly, healthcare can get on our wrists. Unhealthy lifestyle habits(e.g., sedentary behavior, nutrient-poor diets) result in higher levels of chronic diseases (e.g., CVD, obesity) and, paradoxically, the first step in disease managementrequires radical lifestyle changes, away from the unhealthy ones. These changes aredifficult for patients and require day-to-day planning and adherence to new behaviors(increased physical activity, special diet programs) for best health outcomes in a longterm. We envision an important role of personalized, miniaturized InformationTechnologies (IT), specifically smart watches—supporting the patient’s selfmanagement efforts in any daily life context, acting as a reminder for specific activities and documenting the patient’s progress via checklist-based approach. We delineatethe requirements and design choices for the WATCH-list—an example of self-management service for obesity patients’ compliance to diet programs. We discuss thechronic illness self-management and role of IT in increasing the patient’s self-efficacyof activities contributing to health, in turn increasing the patient’s compliance to theseactivities and therefore facilitating better health outcomes in a long term.

KW - Consumer health informatics and personal health records

KW - Mobile health

KW - Tracking and self-management systems

KW - Ubiquitous computing and sensors

KW - Physiologic modeling and disease processes

KW - User-centered design methods (includes prototyping)

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-61446-5_6

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-61446-5_6

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-3-319-61445-8

T3 - Health Informatics Series

SP - 65

EP - 81

BT - Digital Health

A2 - Rivas, Homero

A2 - Wac, Katarzyna

PB - Springer

ER -