The design and evaluation of a mobile handheld intervention for providing context-sensitive medication reminders

This work introduces the design and exploratory evaluation of a home reminder system for medication and healthcare that situates the timing and location of reminders based on contextual information about the user. The system consists of three major components: 1) a handheld computing interface for providing reminders, 2) a sensor subsystem integrated into the home environment, and 3) a central server that manages medical tasks and reasons over sensor data in real time. A volunteer participant adhering to a complex regimen of simulated medical tasks is closely observed in a residential research facility. The participant is presented with both context-sensitive reminders and reminders that are scheduled at fixed times during the day. The degree of adherence to the regimen, and the participant's own assessment of the usefulness of each reminder (while blinded to the reminder strategy being used), are evaluated over the course of a 10-day study. Quantitative and qualitative results are provided, comparing the efficacy of context-sensitive reminders over fixed-time reminders with respect to adherence and perceived value.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Kaushik, Pallavi

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kent Larson.

• Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33888

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/33888