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Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Jun 21, 2022
The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2016
The authors would like to change and use the correct name of M. Khaitov which is M. Kaitov on thi... more The authors would like to change and use the correct name of M. Khaitov which is M. Kaitov on this manuscript. The authors have incorrectly used her other name during the finalization of this research.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2016
The key challenge facing healthcare systems worldwide is their ability to provide continued, well... more The key challenge facing healthcare systems worldwide is their ability to provide continued, well coordinated, person centred management, care and support for the increasing number of people with multiple chronic diseases. The European Union Horizon 2020 ProACT (Integrated Technology Systems for ProACTive Patient Centred Care) project aims to address this issue by utilising existing and designing new digital technologies to improve and advance home based integrated care for individuals over the age of 65 living with multiple chronic health conditions. This report presents findings from the needs analysis and scoping phase of the project conducted between January and September 2016. The aim of this phase of the project was to investigate the challenges that different actors in the care ecosystem face and how these are currently addressed in the two main ProACT trial sites: Ireland and Belgium. The findings detailed in this report will serve as crucial building blocks for the design o...
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2019
Implementing a multi domain ICT system for integrated care is a complex process, dependent from m... more Implementing a multi domain ICT system for integrated care is a complex process, dependent from many different factors. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and implementation plan for testing the transferability of an ICT based solution for Integrated Care (the ProACT system). The transfer Trial of the system will be held in Italy, while Main Trial in Ireland and Belgium. This paper outlines the details of the implementation plan, including the aims and objectives of the trial, the study methodology and design, the recruitment procedures and data collection and analysis. The target participants will be older persons with multimorbidity (PwMs), informal carers (ICs), formal carers (FCs) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). This paper also outlines the practicalities needed in preparing for the trial, such as the deployment of technology to participants, a key factor to ensure that this complex multi domain trial can run smoothly over all the one-year duration.
The EU-project “Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction” (TOBI) aims at developing practical technol... more The EU-project “Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction” (TOBI) aims at developing practical technology for noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI) combined with other assistive technologies (AT) in the domains of communication, environmental control, entertainment and grasping (orthosis). An important concern of TOBI is the close integration of people with disabilities (end-users) and professional users (AT experts and caregivers) in the project. For assessment of the most urgent needs and requirements regarding new ATs, users from different European countries were investigated. Background Objectives of the Study
Journal of Neural Engineering, 2014
Proceedings of the Fifth International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting 2013, 2013
The goal of our research is to enable various end-users to control applications by using a brain-... more The goal of our research is to enable various end-users to control applications by using a brain-computer interface (BCI). Since applications-like telepresence robots, wheelchairs or text entry systems-are quite demanding a good level of BCI control is needed. However, little is known on how much training is needed to achieve such a level. A second open issue is, if this can be done at rehabilitation clinics or user-centers, without BCI experts present? In this work we wanted to train BCI-naïve end-users within 10 days to successfully control such applications and present results of 23 severely motor-disabled participants.
Albeit research on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for controlling applications has expanded trem... more Albeit research on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for controlling applications has expanded tremendously, we still face a translational gap when bringing BCI to end-users. To bridge this gap, we adapted the user-centered design (UCD) to BCI research and development which implies a shift from focusing on single aspects, such as accuracy and information transfer rate (ITR), to a more holistic user experience. The UCD implements an iterative process between end-users and developers based on a valid evaluation procedure. Within the UCD framework usability of a device can be defined with regard to its effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. We operationalized these aspects to evaluate BCI-controlled applications. Effectiveness was regarded equivalent to accuracy of selections and efficiency to the amount of information transferred per time unit and the effort invested (workload). Satisfaction was assessed with questionnaires and visual-analogue scales. These metrics have been succe...
The Role of Assistive Technology in Fostering Inclusive Education, 2020
Open Research Europe, 2021
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had considerable impacts on research projects, pa... more The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had considerable impacts on research projects, particularly those adopting participatory approaches. This paper reflects on the methodological adaptations employed by the European research project TRIPS to facilitate co-design and open innovation practices towards the development of accessible mobility solutions. The article reports how the methods were adapted to facilitate participatory research with almost no physical meetings. In doing so, the paper presents the alternative ‘distanced-based’ participatory approaches employed to engage users with disabilities and institutional stakeholders in the transport ecosystem, like online workshops, social media content analysis, online surveys and peer-to-peer telephone interviews. Lessons learnt and practical guidelines for distance-based participatory research are presented and discussed with the aim of increasing resilience in the light of future changes.
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2017
Digital technologies hold great potential to improve and advance home based integrated care for o... more Digital technologies hold great potential to improve and advance home based integrated care for older people living with multiple chronic health conditions. In this paper, we present the results of a user requirement study for a planned digital integrated care system, based on the experiences and needs of key stakeholders. We present rich, multi-stakeholder, qualitative data on the perceptions and use of technology among older people with multiple chronic health conditions and their key support actors. We have outlined our future work for the design of the system, which will involve continuous stakeholder engagement through a user-centred co-design method.
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2019
The present contribution reports on the preliminary findings from a series of 6 focus groups cond... more The present contribution reports on the preliminary findings from a series of 6 focus groups conducted to explore stakeholders’ attitudes toward the development of an integrated care platform to assist frail older adults. In the focus groups, older adults (n = 7), informal carers (n = 5), care (n = 6) and social (n = 8) workers, nurses (n = 4), health professionals (n = 7), were involved, for a total of 37 participants. Overall, a positive attitude towards the system was found from all stakeholders, but its effective implementation and use in daily practice would require a substantial cultural change. Results are discussed in light of future development steps of the care system. The activities described were conducted within the ProAct project, funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No. 689996.
The purpose of this deliverable is to provide implementation plans for testing and evaluating the... more The purpose of this deliverable is to provide implementation plans for testing and evaluating the ProACT system. To reflect the iterative project implementation cycle, this document will be reviewed and updated twice during the life cycle of the project (M23 and M39). The current version of this deliverable outlines the framework for implementing the friendly trial and for evaluating its results. We define a friendly trial as a trial to test the robustness of a technology ecosystem, prior to deployment to real end users. Participants of the friendly trial will be members of research teams at trial sites. During the friendly trial, participants will ?act? as ProACT stakeholders, testing an end-to-end integrated ProACT ecosystem. This deliverable outlines the technology to be deployed in the friendly trial, how data will be managed, the study design, and what we will evaluate. The latter includes technology robustness (for example, data flow between sensors, the ProACT back end architecture and end user interfaces; reliability of technology), system analytics (usage and system performance), and user feedback (usefulness, satisfaction, user burden). Outcomes from the friendly trial will contribute to refinement of the technology ecosystem and the protocol for the main Proof of Concept (PoC) trial. It is important to note that this document describes the formal friendly trial. In reality, as new devices are introduced (e.g. novel sensors) and new applications are designed, developed and iterated upon leading up to the PoC trial, researchers at trial sites will retain a kit and continue to test when any new piece of technology is introduced into the ProACT ecosystem. As described in the grant agreement, this deliverable is designed to be an iterative document, with updates due for submission at M23 and M39. These updates to the deliverable will include additional protocols for conducting the main PoC trial and the transfer feasibility study
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Jun 21, 2022
The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2016
The authors would like to change and use the correct name of M. Khaitov which is M. Kaitov on thi... more The authors would like to change and use the correct name of M. Khaitov which is M. Kaitov on this manuscript. The authors have incorrectly used her other name during the finalization of this research.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2016
The key challenge facing healthcare systems worldwide is their ability to provide continued, well... more The key challenge facing healthcare systems worldwide is their ability to provide continued, well coordinated, person centred management, care and support for the increasing number of people with multiple chronic diseases. The European Union Horizon 2020 ProACT (Integrated Technology Systems for ProACTive Patient Centred Care) project aims to address this issue by utilising existing and designing new digital technologies to improve and advance home based integrated care for individuals over the age of 65 living with multiple chronic health conditions. This report presents findings from the needs analysis and scoping phase of the project conducted between January and September 2016. The aim of this phase of the project was to investigate the challenges that different actors in the care ecosystem face and how these are currently addressed in the two main ProACT trial sites: Ireland and Belgium. The findings detailed in this report will serve as crucial building blocks for the design o...
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2019
Implementing a multi domain ICT system for integrated care is a complex process, dependent from m... more Implementing a multi domain ICT system for integrated care is a complex process, dependent from many different factors. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and implementation plan for testing the transferability of an ICT based solution for Integrated Care (the ProACT system). The transfer Trial of the system will be held in Italy, while Main Trial in Ireland and Belgium. This paper outlines the details of the implementation plan, including the aims and objectives of the trial, the study methodology and design, the recruitment procedures and data collection and analysis. The target participants will be older persons with multimorbidity (PwMs), informal carers (ICs), formal carers (FCs) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). This paper also outlines the practicalities needed in preparing for the trial, such as the deployment of technology to participants, a key factor to ensure that this complex multi domain trial can run smoothly over all the one-year duration.
The EU-project “Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction” (TOBI) aims at developing practical technol... more The EU-project “Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction” (TOBI) aims at developing practical technology for noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI) combined with other assistive technologies (AT) in the domains of communication, environmental control, entertainment and grasping (orthosis). An important concern of TOBI is the close integration of people with disabilities (end-users) and professional users (AT experts and caregivers) in the project. For assessment of the most urgent needs and requirements regarding new ATs, users from different European countries were investigated. Background Objectives of the Study
Journal of Neural Engineering, 2014
Proceedings of the Fifth International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting 2013, 2013
The goal of our research is to enable various end-users to control applications by using a brain-... more The goal of our research is to enable various end-users to control applications by using a brain-computer interface (BCI). Since applications-like telepresence robots, wheelchairs or text entry systems-are quite demanding a good level of BCI control is needed. However, little is known on how much training is needed to achieve such a level. A second open issue is, if this can be done at rehabilitation clinics or user-centers, without BCI experts present? In this work we wanted to train BCI-naïve end-users within 10 days to successfully control such applications and present results of 23 severely motor-disabled participants.
Albeit research on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for controlling applications has expanded trem... more Albeit research on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for controlling applications has expanded tremendously, we still face a translational gap when bringing BCI to end-users. To bridge this gap, we adapted the user-centered design (UCD) to BCI research and development which implies a shift from focusing on single aspects, such as accuracy and information transfer rate (ITR), to a more holistic user experience. The UCD implements an iterative process between end-users and developers based on a valid evaluation procedure. Within the UCD framework usability of a device can be defined with regard to its effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. We operationalized these aspects to evaluate BCI-controlled applications. Effectiveness was regarded equivalent to accuracy of selections and efficiency to the amount of information transferred per time unit and the effort invested (workload). Satisfaction was assessed with questionnaires and visual-analogue scales. These metrics have been succe...
The Role of Assistive Technology in Fostering Inclusive Education, 2020
Open Research Europe, 2021
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had considerable impacts on research projects, pa... more The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had considerable impacts on research projects, particularly those adopting participatory approaches. This paper reflects on the methodological adaptations employed by the European research project TRIPS to facilitate co-design and open innovation practices towards the development of accessible mobility solutions. The article reports how the methods were adapted to facilitate participatory research with almost no physical meetings. In doing so, the paper presents the alternative ‘distanced-based’ participatory approaches employed to engage users with disabilities and institutional stakeholders in the transport ecosystem, like online workshops, social media content analysis, online surveys and peer-to-peer telephone interviews. Lessons learnt and practical guidelines for distance-based participatory research are presented and discussed with the aim of increasing resilience in the light of future changes.
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2017
Digital technologies hold great potential to improve and advance home based integrated care for o... more Digital technologies hold great potential to improve and advance home based integrated care for older people living with multiple chronic health conditions. In this paper, we present the results of a user requirement study for a planned digital integrated care system, based on the experiences and needs of key stakeholders. We present rich, multi-stakeholder, qualitative data on the perceptions and use of technology among older people with multiple chronic health conditions and their key support actors. We have outlined our future work for the design of the system, which will involve continuous stakeholder engagement through a user-centred co-design method.
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2019
The present contribution reports on the preliminary findings from a series of 6 focus groups cond... more The present contribution reports on the preliminary findings from a series of 6 focus groups conducted to explore stakeholders’ attitudes toward the development of an integrated care platform to assist frail older adults. In the focus groups, older adults (n = 7), informal carers (n = 5), care (n = 6) and social (n = 8) workers, nurses (n = 4), health professionals (n = 7), were involved, for a total of 37 participants. Overall, a positive attitude towards the system was found from all stakeholders, but its effective implementation and use in daily practice would require a substantial cultural change. Results are discussed in light of future development steps of the care system. The activities described were conducted within the ProAct project, funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No. 689996.
The purpose of this deliverable is to provide implementation plans for testing and evaluating the... more The purpose of this deliverable is to provide implementation plans for testing and evaluating the ProACT system. To reflect the iterative project implementation cycle, this document will be reviewed and updated twice during the life cycle of the project (M23 and M39). The current version of this deliverable outlines the framework for implementing the friendly trial and for evaluating its results. We define a friendly trial as a trial to test the robustness of a technology ecosystem, prior to deployment to real end users. Participants of the friendly trial will be members of research teams at trial sites. During the friendly trial, participants will ?act? as ProACT stakeholders, testing an end-to-end integrated ProACT ecosystem. This deliverable outlines the technology to be deployed in the friendly trial, how data will be managed, the study design, and what we will evaluate. The latter includes technology robustness (for example, data flow between sensors, the ProACT back end architecture and end user interfaces; reliability of technology), system analytics (usage and system performance), and user feedback (usefulness, satisfaction, user burden). Outcomes from the friendly trial will contribute to refinement of the technology ecosystem and the protocol for the main Proof of Concept (PoC) trial. It is important to note that this document describes the formal friendly trial. In reality, as new devices are introduced (e.g. novel sensors) and new applications are designed, developed and iterated upon leading up to the PoC trial, researchers at trial sites will retain a kit and continue to test when any new piece of technology is introduced into the ProACT ecosystem. As described in the grant agreement, this deliverable is designed to be an iterative document, with updates due for submission at M23 and M39. These updates to the deliverable will include additional protocols for conducting the main PoC trial and the transfer feasibility study
Ebook: Harnessing the Power of Technology to Improve Lives, 2017
In order to support schools to assess their performance in supporting children with disabilities ... more In order to support schools to assess their performance in supporting children with disabilities in their ICT and ICT-AT needs, a self-assessment framework was developed by a task force of partners and associate partners of the ENTELIS project. The self-assessment tool aims to help educational establishments that welcome learners with disabilities to assess their current outcomes and to plan improvements in supporting these students in increasing digital literacy and developing digital skills. This includes the use of mainstream Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and specially designed digital Assistive Technologies (ICT-AT). This can only successfully happen if schools fully embrace an inclusive approach to education. In this paper the authors describe the development of the framework and the further steps for its use.