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Removing Barriers to Promote Social Computing among Senior Population

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datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
datacite.subject.sdg10:Reduzir as Desigualdades
datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
dc.contributor.authorMarcelino, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorLaza, Rosalía
dc.contributor.authorFdez-Riverola, Florentino
dc.contributor.authorPereira, António
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-21T15:46:39Z
dc.date.available2026-01-21T15:46:39Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.descriptionArticle number 820349
dc.description.abstractSmartphones and tablets proliferation enabled by accessible prices and also by the inclusion of sensing abilities promotes their use in several areas, such as healthcare. It opens new horizons in the field of continuous and noninvasive monitoring and support to population, namely, to seniors. Despite the great benefits that mobile sensing and social computing could provide to increase elderly’s quality of life, many studies have shown that elderlies deal with difficulty with Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In this paper we present a solution to overcome barriers between elderlies and their ICT usage in order to potentiate all the benefits provided from mobile sensing and social computing. A survey on guidelines, standards, and advice regarding usability and accessibility issues when developing solutions for elderly people was carried out. This survey was made having in mind that senior population have singular requirements due to age related changes and also frequently technological illiteracy. We have identified and applied the most important guidelines to our solution. A prototype was made using responsive design in order to be adaptable to any type of devices. Regarding evaluation, usability tests and semistructured interviews were conducted in real scenario.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThisworkhasbeenpartiallysupportedby(i)theInnovation Networkof theCentral Region, Portugal (RICE)Project, cofunded by Portuguese ProgramMaisCentro (SAICT); Body Area Networks for Elder’s Support (BodyNet), project funded by Polytechnic Institute of Leiria; andthe+Social Platform(+Social),project funded by INOV INESC INNOVATION, Institute forNewTechnologies, (ii) the Agrupamento INBIOMED[2012/273] from DXPCTSUG-FEDER unhamaneira de facer Europa, and (iii) the [14VI05] Contract-Programme from the University of Vigo. In addition, a special thank you is due to Memoria nursing home collaboration and to all the elderlies that collaborated in our tests and gave their opinion, thus making our work possible.
dc.identifier.citationMarcelino I, Laza R, Fdez-Riverola F, Pereira A. Removing Barriers to Promote Social Computing among Senior Population. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 2015;11(10). doi:10.1155/2015/820349
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2015/820349
dc.identifier.issn1550-1329
dc.identifier.issn1550-1477
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15446
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectAge-related changes
dc.subjectDeveloping solutions
dc.subjectInformation and Communication Technologies
dc.subjectNon-invasive monitoring
dc.subjectResponsive designs
dc.subjectSemi structured interviews
dc.subjectSensing abilities
dc.titleRemoving Barriers to Promote Social Computing among Senior Populationeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage13
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.startPage1
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
oaire.citation.volume2015
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameMarcelino
person.familyNamePereira
person.givenNameIsabel
person.givenNameAntónio
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