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  • Nogueira, Maria RitaInstitute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)

Design and Usability of an E-Health Mobile Application

  • Article/chapterEnglish2020

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  • 2020-07-10
  • Cham :Springer,2020
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:oru-109215
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-109215URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49757-6_22DOI

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  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

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  • Health applications have increasingly been used to improve physical, mental and social well-being. Chronic pain (CP) is defined as pain that lasts for a period of three months and causes sporadic or constant discomfort. In Portugal, the treatments for this type of pain are almost exclusively pharmacological and with known limited effects. Endowing patients with self-management skills, will help them cope with pain in a more effective way. Psychological treatments (e.g. mindfulness-based interventions) may play a relevant role here, because they intervene on a cognitive, emotional and behavioural level, which in turn helps the chronic pain patient to deal with pain-related disorders and suffering. The current availability of connected and powerful smartphones and tablets creates an opportunity to propose alternative pain management solutions that may be used immediately when pain appears, which has been the argument that favoured the pharmacological solutions. For this we propose a mobile application that guides patients on the mindfulness practice and to self-manage the sensed pain. Learning to gradually adequate pain management may have several advantages such as: reduced the number of consultation visits and consequent waiting lists; increased cost-effectiveness; self-management of chronic pain at the patient’s pace and according to their needs; extend access to the treatment to patients that reside in low density regions. Being an alternative to traditional treatment, the proposed treatment will be under the guidance of qualified health professionals that will supervise treatment sessions and perform the required assessments. By promoting patients’ self-management, the control and monitoring of the chronic pain condition is expected to improve greatly, which in turn may prevent the aggravation of the clinical condition. This research and the mobile application are being developed in a collaboration between the Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention of the University of Coimbra and the Institute of Systems and Robotics. 

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  • Menezes, PauloInstitute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Carvalho, SérgioCentre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Patrão, BrunoInstitute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Trindade, Inês A.,1990-Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal(Swepub:oru)ite (author)
  • Guiomar, RaquelCentre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Duarte, JoanaCentre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Lapa, TeresaCentre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Pinto-Gouveia, JoséCentre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Freitas Castilho, PaulaCentre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (author)
  • Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalInstitute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (creator_code:org_t)

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  • In:Design, User Experience, and Usability. Case Studies in Public and Personal Interactive SystemsCham : Springer, s. 314-32897830304975699783030497576

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