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Evaluating End-User Perception Towards a Cardiac Self-care Monitoring Process

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This study examined the perception of end-users regarding the monitoring process offered by an innovative cardiac self-care system. The main goal was to assess the efficacy of the process implemented by a smart device designed to support people for real-time monitoring of cardio-vascular parameters in everyday life, thereby encouraging patients to be more proactive in heath management. Most participants showed positive response about the potential benefits of the proposed self-care solution and were willing to adopt the system despite some concerns related to trust and privacy.

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This study is partially supported by Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) under grant PON ARS01_01116 “TALIsMAn”. The authors are members of the INdAM Research group GNCS.

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    Gabriella Casalino, Giovanna Castellano, Vincenzo Pasquadibisceglie & Gianluca Zaza

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Casalino, G., Castellano, G., Pasquadibisceglie, V., Zaza, G. (2020). Evaluating End-User Perception Towards a Cardiac Self-care Monitoring Process. In: O'Hare, G., O'Grady, M., O’Donoghue, J., Henn, P. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 320. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49289-2_4

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