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Villalba-Mora, ElenaCorresponding AuthorFerré, XavierAuthorMoral, CristianAuthorSánchez-Sánchez, AlbertoAuthor

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October 10, 2024
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Home Monitoring System for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Patient's Dwelling: System Design and UX Evaluation

Publicated to: Frontiers in Digital Health. 3 659940- - 2021-05-07 3(), DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2021.659940

Authors:

Villalba-Mora, Elena; Ferre, Xavier; Perez-Rodriguez, Rodrigo; Moral, Cristian; Valdes-Aragones, Myriam; Sanchez-Sanchez, Alberto; Rodriguez-Manas, Leocadio
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Biomed Res Networking Ctr Bioengn Biomat & Nanome, Madrid, Spain - Author
Getafe Univ Hosp, Biomed Res Fdn, Madrid, Spain - Author
Getafe Univ Hosp, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Biomed Technol, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Population aging threatens the sustainability of welfare systems since it is not accompanied by an extended healthy and independent period in the last years of life. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) has been shown to be efficient in maintaining the healthy period at the end of the life. Frailty monitoring is typically carried out for an average period of 6 months in clinical settings, while more regular monitoring could prevent the transition to disability. We present the design process of a system for frailty home monitoring based on an adapted CGA and the rationale behind its User eXperience (UX) design. The resulting home monitoring system consists of two devices based on ultrasound sensors, a weight scale, and a mobile application for managing the devices, administering CGA-related questionnaires, and providing alerts. Older users may encounter barriers in their usage of technology. For this reason, usability and acceptability are critical for health monitoring systems addressed to geriatric patients. In the design of our system, we have followed a user-centered process, involving geriatricians and older frail patients by means of co-creation methods. In the iterative process of design and usability testing, we have identified the most effective way of conducting the home-based CGA, not just by replicating the dialogue between the physician and the patient, but by adapting the design to the possibilities and limitations of mobile health for this segment of users. The usability evaluation, carried out with 14 older adults, has proved the feasibility of users older than 70 effectively using our monitoring system, additionally showing an intention over 80% for using the system. It has also provided some insights and recommendations for the design of mobile health systems for older users.
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Keywords

AcceptabilityActive aginActive agingBarriersFrailtyFrameworHealthHome monitoringMultimorbidityOlder populationOlder-adultsTechnologiesUsabilityUser experience

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Frontiers in Digital Health, Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Biomedical Engineering, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-26:

  • Google Scholar: 10
  • WoS: 8
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 41.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 40 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/87697/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 146
  • Downloads: 67
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (VILLALBA MORA, ELENA) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been VILLALBA MORA, ELENA.

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Awards linked to the item

This study has been funded by the European EIT Health Program (FACET project).
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