All Outputs (112)

Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2015)
Conference Proceeding

Networked Urban Screens offer new possibilities for public health education and awareness. An information video about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was combined with a custom browser-based video game and successfully deployed on an... Read More about Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Games to engage: increasing mental health awareness (2015)
Journal Article

In recent years there has been rapid growth in the development and use of digital tools in healthcare. One area of research interest is the use of games as tools to improve health and education. Gamification of health is a broad area that includes ga... Read More about Games to engage: increasing mental health awareness.

Developing mHealth Apps with Researchers: Multi-Stakeholder Design Considerations (2014)
Book Chapter

The authors have been involved with developing a number of mHealth smartphone Apps for use in health or wellness research in collaboration with researchers, clinicians and patient groups for clinical areas including Sickle Cell Disease, Attention Def... Read More about Developing mHealth Apps with Researchers: Multi-Stakeholder Design Considerations.

Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2014)
Conference Proceeding

A Continuous Performance Test (CPT) was incorporated into a smartphone application (App) to measure three symptom domains associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. The App was pilot tes... Read More about Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Quality of life tools to inform co-design in the development of assistive technologies for people with dementia and their carer (2014)
Journal Article

A number of tools exist to measure quality of life (QoL) for people with dementia (PwD). A selection of existing measures are summarised, obtained from an online literature survey, comprising of scales administered either by healthcare professionals... Read More about Quality of life tools to inform co-design in the development of assistive technologies for people with dementia and their carer.

Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia (2014)
Journal Article

The increase in the elderly population over the last thirty years with consequent increase in the number of people living with dementia (PwD) has resulted in a research focus on improving quality-of-life and well-being beyond basic needs, to address... Read More about Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia.

To the Castle! A comparison of two audio guides to enable public discovery of historical events (2013)
Journal Article

This paper describes and compares two audio guides used to inform the general public about local historical events, specifically the 1831 Reform Riot as it happened in and around Nottingham in the UK. One audio guide consisted of a guided walk, organ... Read More about To the Castle! A comparison of two audio guides to enable public discovery of historical events.

User requirements for image-guided navigation in spinal surgery (2013)
Book Chapter

Advances in image-guided technology have resulted in a number of technologies to support surgeons in the identification of tissue and the tracking and navigation of surgical instruments in spinal surgery. There are various existing and proposed syste... Read More about User requirements for image-guided navigation in spinal surgery.

User requirements for the development of smartphone self-reporting applications in healthcare (2013)
Conference Proceeding

Two case studies of the development of Smartphone self-reporting mHealth applications are described: a wellness diary for asthma management combined with Bluetooth pulse oximeter and manual peak flow measurements; and a questionnaire for ecological a... Read More about User requirements for the development of smartphone self-reporting applications in healthcare.

Early stage health technology assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices: the MATCH experience (2013)
Book Chapter

Early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices requires different methods than those usually employed for pharmaceuticals. This paper reviews widely used methods for HTA, discusses their limits for early stage evaluation of biom... Read More about Early stage health technology assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices: the MATCH experience.

Native Apps versus Web Apps: which is best for healthcare applications? (2013)
Journal Article

Smartphone applications (Apps) provide a new way to deliver healthcare, illustrated by the fact that healthcare Apps are estimated to make up over 30% of new Apps currently being developed; with this number seemingly set to increase as the benefits b... Read More about Native Apps versus Web Apps: which is best for healthcare applications?.

A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences (2012)
Conference Proceeding

A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences (2012)
Conference Proceeding

A vignette study was conducted to examine attitudes in a student population with respect to three different types of diagnostic procedure (blood test, imaging procedure and invasive procedure) and three different disease areas (coronary, gastroentero... Read More about A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences.

Medical device design in context: a model of user–device interaction and consequences (2012)
Journal Article

The practice of evaluating interaction with devices is embedded in disciplines such as human-computer interaction and cognitive ergonomics, including concepts such as affordances, error analysis, skill, rule and knowledge based behaviour and decision... Read More about Medical device design in context: a model of user–device interaction and consequences.

Engaging with economic evaluation methods: insights from small and medium enterprises in the UK medical devices industry after training workshops (2012)
Journal Article

Background With increased governmental interest in value assessment of technologies and where medical device manufacturers are finding it increasingly necessary to become more familiar with economic evaluation methods, the study sought to explore... Read More about Engaging with economic evaluation methods: insights from small and medium enterprises in the UK medical devices industry after training workshops.

The use of vignettes for conducting healthcare research (2012)
Book Chapter

Improving healthcare requires engaging with clinicians and patients in order to better understand their needs and expectations. Research methods that are used to conduct healthcare research are selected on the basis of study objectives and practicali... Read More about The use of vignettes for conducting healthcare research.

Can health economics aid decision making in healthcare innovation in academia? (2012)
Journal Article

Health economics is extensively used by reimbursement agencies to make decisions on whether to adopt new medical technologies. It is also used by the healthcare industry as an aid to decision making during product development. This paper proposes tha... Read More about Can health economics aid decision making in healthcare innovation in academia?.

Self management of type II diabetes: The role of blood glucose monitoring (2011)
Conference Proceeding

Ergonomically sound (2011)
Other

Medical devices are used by a multiplicity of users and in a variety of environments. Manufacturers of these devices will therefore need to be aware of differences in skills, needs, abilities and preferences among users, as well as the requirements t... Read More about Ergonomically sound.

Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery (2011)
Journal Article

Technological advances such as computer navigation systems and robotics, includingsupport systems for minimally invasive surgery, have the potential to revolutionise howorthopaedic surgery is carried out. However uptake has so far been limited. Incre... Read More about Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery.