Communicating and Interpreting Wearable Sensor Data with Health Coaches

Kimiko Ryokai; Florian Michahelles; Mareike Kritzler; Suhaib Syed

9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Communicating and Interpreting Wearable Sensor Data with Health Coaches

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259055,
    author={Kimiko Ryokai and Florian Michahelles and Mareike Kritzler and Suhaib Syed},
    title={Communicating and Interpreting Wearable Sensor Data with Health Coaches},
    proceedings={9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2015},
    month={8},
    keywords={wearable sensors wellness health coaches data visualization},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259055}
}

Kimiko Ryokai
Florian Michahelles
Mareike Kritzler
Suhaib Syed
Year: 2015
Communicating and Interpreting Wearable Sensor Data with Health Coaches
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259055

Kimiko Ryokai¹^,*, Florian Michahelles², Mareike Kritzler², Suhaib Syed¹

1: UC Berkeley
2: Siemens Corporation

*Contact email: kimiko@berkeley.edu

Abstract

We present a pilot study, which investigates the role of activity data visualization in the context of interaction and communication with health coaches. The data is obtained from commercially available wearable wellness sensors such as Basis Watch, or Lumo Back. We studied how interface design's ability to synthesize and flexibly display data from wearable sensors help participants to understand their daily wellness related physical condition and activities. We also investigated how the interface enhances the communication between users and their health coaches. We discuss the implications for the design.

Keywords: wearable sensors wellness health coaches data visualization

Published: 2015-08-03
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259055