Research Article
Physical Activity Intensity Monitoring of Hospital Workers using a Wearable Sensor
@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
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%.
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