TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Ogonowski, Corinna
A1  - Aal, Konstantin
A1  - Vaziri, Daryoush
A1  - Rekowski, Thomas Von
A1  - Randall, Dave
A1  - Schreiber, Dirk
A1  - Wieching, Rainer
A1  - Wulf, Volker
T1  - ICT-Based Fall Prevention System for Older Adults
BT  - Qualitative Results from a Long-Term Field Study
JF  - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
N2  - Falls and their consequences are arguably most important events for transition from independent living to institutional care for older adults. Information and communication technology (ICT)-based support of fall prevention and fall risk assessment under the control of the user has a tremendous potential to, over time, prevent falls and reduce associated harm and costs. Our research uses participative design and a persuasive health approach to allow for seamless integration of an ICT-based fall prevention system into older adults’ everyday life. Based on a 6-month field study with 12 participants, we present qualitative results regarding the system use and provide insights into attitudes and practices of older adults concerning fall prevention and ICT-supported self-management of health. Our study demonstrates how it can lead to positive aspects of embodiment and health literacy through continuous monitoring of personal results, improved technical confidence, and quality of life. Implications are provided for designing similar systems.
KW  - fall prevention
KW  - older adults
KW  - long-term study
KW  - qualitative research
KW  - fall risk
KW  - Living Lab
KW  - Exergame
SN  - 1073-0516
SS  - 1073-0516
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1145/2967102
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1145/2967102
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
SP  - 1
EP  - 33
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ER  -