When Do We Eat? An Evaluation of Food Items Input into an Electronic Food Monitoring Application

Katie A. Siek; Kay H. Connelly; Yvonne Rogers; Paul Rohwer; Desiree Lambert; Janet L. Welch

1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

When Do We Eat? An Evaluation of Food Items Input into an Electronic Food Monitoring Application

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361684,
    author={Katie A. Siek and Kay H. Connelly and Yvonne Rogers and Paul Rohwer and Desiree Lambert and Janet L. Welch},
    title={When Do We Eat? An Evaluation of Food Items Input into an Electronic Food Monitoring Application},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={Human Factors Interactive Computing Medical Services},
    doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361684}
}

Katie A. Siek
Kay H. Connelly
Yvonne Rogers
Paul Rohwer
Desiree Lambert
Janet L. Welch
Year: 2007
When Do We Eat? An Evaluation of Food Items Input into an Electronic Food Monitoring Application
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361684

Katie A. Siek¹^,*, Kay H. Connelly²^,*, Yvonne Rogers³^,*, Paul Rohwer²^,*, Desiree Lambert⁴^,*, Janet L. Welch⁵^,*

1: Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA. Phone 303 492-7514; fax: 303-492-2844;
2: Computer Science Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA.
3: Computing Department, Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK76BJ UK.
4: Nephrology Dietetics Department, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IlN 46202 USA
5: School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA

*Contact email: Katie.A.Siek@colorado.edu, connelly@indiana.edu, Y.Rogers@open.ac.uk, prohwer@indiana.edu, dlambert@clarian.org, jwelch@iupui.edu

Abstract

We present a formative study that examines what, when, and how participants in a chronic kidney disease (stage 5) population input food items into an electronic intake monitoring application. Participants scanned food item barcodes or voice recorded food items they consumed during a three week period. The results indicated that a learning curve was associated with barcode scanning; participants with low literacy skills had difficulty describing food items in voice recordings; and participants input food items depending on when they had dialysis treatment. Participants thought this electronic self monitoring application would be helpful for chronically ill populations in their first year of treatment

Keywords: Human Factors Interactive Computing Medical Services

Published: 2007-05-21
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-11-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361684

When Do We Eat? An Evaluation of Food Items Input into an Electronic Food Monitoring Application

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