Assisted medication management in elderly care using miniaturised near-infrared spectroscopy |
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Author: | Klakegg, Simon1; Goncalves, Jorge2; Luo, Chu2; |
Organizations: |
1University of Oulu 2Te University of Melbourne 3Northern Health |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 2.5 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201902205812 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Association for Computing Machinery,
2018
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Publish Date: | 2019-02-20 |
Description: |
AbstractNear-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measures the light reflected from objects to infer highly detailed information about their molecular composition. Traditionally, NIRS has been an instrument reserved for laboratory usage, but recently affordable and smaller devices for NIRS have proliferated. Pairing this technology with the ubiquitous smartphone opens up a plethora of new use cases. In this paper, we explore one such use case, namely medication management in a nursing home/elderly care centre. First, we conducted a qualitative user study with nurses working in an elderly care centre to examine the protocols and workflows involved in administering medication, and the nurses’ perceptions on using this technology. Based on our findings, we identify the main impact areas that would benefit from introducing miniaturised NIRS. Finally, we demonstrate via a user study in a realistic scenario that miniaturised NIRS can be effectively used for medication management when leveraging appropriate machine learning techniques. Specifically, we assess the performance of multiple pre-processing and classification algorithms for a selected set of pharmaceuticals. In addition, we compare our solution with currently used methods for pharmaceutical identification in a local care centre. We hope that our reflection on the multiple aspects associated with the introduction of this device in an elderly care setting can help both academics and practitioners working on related problems. see all
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Series: |
Proceedings of the ACM on interactive, mobile, wearable and ubiquitous technologies |
ISSN: | 2474-9567 |
ISSN-E: | 2474-9567 |
ISSN-L: | 2474-9567 |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 2 |
Article number: | 69 |
DOI: | 10.1145/3214272 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1145/3214272 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics |
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Funding: |
This work is supported by the Academy of Finland (Grants 286386-CPDSS, 285459-iSCIENCE, 304925-CARE, 313224-STOP, 260321-APP, 290596-AVB), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (645706-GRAGE), Government of Russian Federation (U01-074-APP, AVB) and the Russian Science Foundation (15-14-10008-IVM). |
EU Grant Number: |
(645706) GRAGE - Grey and green in Europe: elderly living in urban areas |
Academy of Finland Grant Number: |
286386 285459 304925 313224 260321 290596 |
Detailed Information: |
286386 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 285459 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 304925 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 313224 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 260321 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 290596 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) |
Copyright information: |
© Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). | ACM 2018. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in Proceedings of ACM on interactive, mobile, wearable and ubiquitous technologies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3214272. |