Assessing asthma management practices through in-home technology probes

Tae-Jung Yun; Hee Young Jeong; Hee Rin Lee; Rosa I. Arriaga; Gregory D. Abowd

4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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Assessing asthma management practices through in-home technology probes

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8839,
    author={Tae-Jung Yun and Hee Young Jeong and Hee Rin Lee and Rosa I. Arriaga and Gregory D. Abowd},
    title={Assessing asthma management practices through in-home technology probes},
    proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2010},
    month={6},
    keywords={asthma; chronic disease; qualitative studies; technology probes; home},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8839}
}

Tae-Jung Yun
Hee Young Jeong
Hee Rin Lee
Rosa I. Arriaga
Gregory D. Abowd
Year: 2010
Assessing asthma management practices through in-home technology probes
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8839

Tae-Jung Yun^1,2^,*, Hee Young Jeong²^,*, Hee Rin Lee²^,*, Rosa I. Arriaga²^,*, Gregory D. Abowd²^,*

1: Samsung Electronics, Suwon, South Korea
2: GVU Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

*Contact email: tjyun@gatech.edu, hyj@gatech.edu, hlee@gatech.edu, arriaga@cc.gatech.edu, abowd@gatech.edu

Abstract

Asthma is a complex disorder and a leading chronic disease among children in USA. Families and pediatric patients with asthma need to manage different triggers and symptoms. We investigate existing asthma management practices and deploy technology probes to understand how they use technologies to manage asthma. The findings suggest that severity of asthma impacts the way that technologies are utilized. Thus, pervasive computing application can assist families and pediatric patients by bridging gaps between user's needs and their practices based on the severity of asthma and other contextual factors.

Keywords: asthma; chronic disease; qualitative studies; technology probes; home

Published: 2010-06-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8839

Assessing asthma management practices through in-home technology probes

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