Abstract
There has been a rising interest in wearable and implantable biomedical sensors over the last decade. However, many technologies have not been integrated into clinical care, due to a limited understanding of user-centered design issues. Little information is available about these issues and there is a need to adopt more rigorous evidence standards for design features to allow important medical sensors to progress quicker into clinical care. Current trends in patient preferences need to be incorporated at an early stage into the design process of prospective clinical sensors. The first comprehensive patient data set, discussing mobile biomedical sensor technology, is presented in this paper. The study population mainly consisted of individuals suffering from arthritis. It was found that sensor systems needed to be small, discreet, unobtrusive and preferably incorporated into everyday objects. The upper extremity was seen as the favored position on the body for placement, while invasive placement yielded high levels of acceptance. Under these conditions most users were willing to wear the body-worn sensor for more than 20 h a day. This study is a first step to generate research based user-orientated design criteria’s for biomedical sensors.
Highlights
Technology has become an integrated part of medicine and it often defines how patients are diagnosed and treated
Medical devices have been at the forefront of many success stories, but at the same time advances in medical technology have contributed to the overall rising health care spending
The aim of this study is to identify trends in user preferences for medical wearable sensing devices in a specific patient population
Summary
Technology has become an integrated part of medicine and it often defines how patients are diagnosed and treated. The main drivers for this growth in spending have been the increased utilization of health care goods and services, as well as their associated cost [1]. This money is divided over many stakeholders and the affiliated medical technology market is currently estimated to be worth £150–170 billion worldwide. Increased mobility of healthcare delivery through wearable medical sensors has gained the interest of many clinicians and researchers [3]. It has become a fast emerging research field, which promises to improve the quality of life for many patients, whilst reducing the cost of care [4].
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