Physical Activity Intensity Monitoring of Hospital Workers using a Wearable Sensor

Ana Pereira; Francisco Nunes

12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare – Demos, Posters, Doctoral Colloquium

Research Article

Physical Activity Intensity Monitoring of Hospital Workers using a Wearable Sensor

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-4-2018.2276323,
    author={Ana Pereira and Francisco Nunes},
    title={Physical Activity Intensity Monitoring of Hospital Workers using a Wearable Sensor},
    proceedings={12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare -- Demos, Posters, Doctoral Colloquium},
    publisher={EAI},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH - EAI},
    year={2018},
    month={8},
    keywords={activity monitoring physical activity intensity wearable sensors healthcare workers shift work},
    doi={10.4108/eai.20-4-2018.2276323}
}

Ana Pereira
Francisco Nunes
Year: 2018
Physical Activity Intensity Monitoring of Hospital Workers using a Wearable Sensor
PERVASIVEHEALTH - EAI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-4-2018.2276323

Ana Pereira¹^,*, Francisco Nunes¹

1: Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS

*Contact email: ana.pereira@fraunhofer.pt

Abstract

Monitoring physical activity can be important to maintain a healthy lifestyle. This is the case with shift workers, who, due to their unorthodox sleep schedules, can develop health issues. This paper presents a model for classifying physical activity intensity into four levels: sedentary, light, moderate, and vigorous. The model uses data from a wearable accelerometer and is independent of the wearable location. A classifier was trained with 20 participants, obtaining an average accuracy of 83%.

Keywords: activity monitoring physical activity intensity wearable sensors healthcare workers shift work

Published: 2018-08-20
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.20-4-2018.2276323