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User profiles and personas in the design and development of consumer health technologies

Cynthia LeRouge, +3 more
- 01 Nov 2013 - 
- Vol. 82, Iss: 11
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The study provides guidance on the creation and use of profiles and personas to tap into the conceptual models of the targeted elderly population reflecting their preferences, capabilities and attitudes towards using technology in self-management care in general and the smart phone diabetes management application in particular.
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This article is published in International Journal of Medical Informatics.The article was published on 2013-11-01. It has received 277 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & User profile.

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Modeling Personas for Older Adults with Heart Failure

Richard J. Holden, +12 more
TL;DR: This paper presents personas of older adults derived from qualitative analysis of interviews with 24 older patients with heart failure, revealing key dimensions distinguishing patients based on their dispositions towards the self-management of their chronic condition.
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Mobile e-Health

Hannah R. Marston, +2 more
TL;DR: Focusing on life logging activities, mHealth apps and digital gaming across the lifespan (with particular emphasis on the over 70s), the book will provide readers with an overview of how research and development is converging from a variety of disciplines including human-computer interaction, public health, psychology, sociology and gerontology.
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Factors associated with receipt of symptom screening in the year after cancer diagnosis in a universal health care system: a retrospective cohort study

Alyson L. Mahar, +6 more
- 22 Feb 2019 - 
TL;DR: The evaluation of the implementation of a population-based symptom screening program in a universal health care system identified populations who are at risk for not receiving screening and who are therefore future targets for improvements in population symptom screening and better management of cancer-related symptoms at diagnosis.
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Meaningful Partnerships: Stages of Development of a Patient and Family Advisory Council at a Family Medicine Residency Clinic

Jeffrey D Schlaudecker, +7 more
TL;DR: A framework for the creation of a PFAC, along with lessons learned, can be utilized to advise other residency programs in developing and evaluating meaningful PFACs.
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A Holistic Approach for Creating a Digital Ecosystem Enabling Personalized Assistive Care for Elderly

Lidia Bajenaru, +2 more
TL;DR: A digital ecosystem should be based on a holistic approach able to link and interconnect multiple healthcare domains, patient-centered insights, and technology to sustain the implementing of new elderly-centered solutions.
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Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research

Barney G. Glaser, +1 more
TL;DR: The Discovery of Grounded Theory as mentioned in this paper is a book about the discovery of grounded theories from data, both substantive and formal, which is a major task confronting sociologists and is understandable to both experts and laymen.
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The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research.

Helmut R. Wagner, +2 more
- 01 Jun 1968 - 
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Basics of qualitative research : grounded theory procedures and techniques

Anselm L. Strauss, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1992 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the uses of literature and open coding techniques for enhancing theoretical sensitivity of theoretical studies, and give guidelines for judging a grounded theory study.
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Global Prevalence of Diabetes: Estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030

Sarah H. Wild, +4 more
- 01 May 2004 - 
TL;DR: Findings indicate that the "diabetes epidemic" will continue even if levels of obesity remain constant, and given the increasing prevalence of obesity, it is likely that these figures provide an underestimate of future diabetes prevalence.
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Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

Pamela Jordan
- 01 Jun 1994 - 
TL;DR: Reading a book as this basics of qualitative research grounded theory procedures and techniques and other references can enrich your life quality.