A Simple Target Interception Task as Test for Activities of Daily Life Performance in Older Adults

Previous research showed that a simple target interception task reveals differences between younger adults (YA) and older adults (OA) on a large screen under laboratory conditions. Participants intercept downward moving objects while a horizontally moving background creates an illusion of the object moving in the opposite direction of the...

Design, ontology and evaluation of PAL prototype supporting shared child-caregiver responsibility: DR 1.5

In the third design-test cycle of PAL, we refined the prototype based on the outcomes of the previous cycles and additional user feedback sessions. The new protype was improved on its overall usability, goal setting & achievements framework, personalised child-agent interactions, educational content, gamification and the dashboards for parents ...

Aging and sensitivity to illusory target motion with or without secondary tasks

Older individuals seem to find it more difficult to ignore inaccurate sensory cues than younger individuals. We examined whether this could be quantified using an interception task. Twenty healthy young adults (age 18–34) and twenty-four healthy older adults (age 60–82) were asked to tap on discs that were moving downwards on a screen with their...

Design and evaluation of a personal robot playing a self-management education game with children with diabetes type 1

Objective To assess the effects of a personal robot, providing diabetes self-management education in a clinical setting on the pleasure, engagement and motivation to play a diabetes quiz of children (7–12) with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and on their acquisition of knowledge about their illness. Methods Children with T1DM (N = 27)...

Effects of aging in multisensory integration: A systematic review

Multisensory integration (MSI) is the integration by the brain of environmental information acquired through more than one sense. Accurate MSI has been shown to be a key component of successful aging and to be crucial for processes underlying activities of daily living (ADLs). Problems in MSI could prevent older adults (OA) to age in place and...

Self-Monitoring Kidney Function Post Transplantation: Reliability of Patient-Reported Data

Background: The high frequency of outpatient visits after kidney transplantation is burdensome to both the recovering patient and health care capacity. Self-monitoring kidney function offers a promising strategy to reduce the number of these outpatient visits. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate whether it is safe to rely...

Learning with Charlie: A robot buddy for children with diabetes

Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have a need for social, cognitive and affective support for self-management. The PAL project develops a social robot and its avatar. The aim is to assist the child, health care professional and parents to jointly perform diabetes management. Diabetes camps are an important setting in which the PAL...

Gesprek met robotmaatje over diabetes: Creatieve methodes voor co-design en gebruikersevaluatie met kinderen van technologische vernieuwing

Kinderen kennen eigen belevingen, waarden en behoeften wanneer het gaat om technologische ondersteuning, zoals eHealth. Dit onderstreept het belang kinderen nadrukkelijk te betrekken in onderzoek en ontwikkeling van technologische vernieuwingen. Dit wordt echter als uitdagend ervaren. Conventionele methodes als vragenlijsten schieten te kort....

Hoe halen ouderen the next level? Overtuigende technologie voor een gezond leven

E-health kan ouderen helpen in beweging te komen en te blijven. Via deze technologie kunnen ouderen zelfstandig aan de slag. Onderzoek laat echter zien dat de gebruiker vaak al is uitgekeken op de technologie voordat het gewenste effect bereikt is. E-health vraagt daarom om een nieuwe aanpak die lijkt op die van games: afwisselend, uitdagend en...