An informal carer hub to support carers looking after COPD patients in the UK and Netherlands

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    Abstract

    In the UK, about 3 million people live with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Informal carers such as family and friends play a vital role in promoting well-being among older adults suffering from COPD. However, difficulties experienced by caregivers are increasing and affecting their quality of life. New technologies and innovations such as m-health have the potential in reducing the burden of these carers. In this paper, we propose an informal carer hub (ICH), which is part of the WELCOME EU project to help informal carers better manage COPD patients in two European countries: the UK and the Netherlands. The acceptability of the system has been tested by making use of a modified version of the technology acceptance model (TAM 3). The aim of this study was to ensure that the proposed informal carer application is easy to learn, effective to use and acceptable from the informal carers‘ perspectives.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPublished in: Chandra Satapathy, Suresh; Bhateja, Vikrant; Le Nguyen, Bao; Gia Nguyen, Nhu; Le, Dac-Nhuong (eds.) (2020) Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on FICTA (2018), Volume 2. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 315-322. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing) ISSN (print) 2194-5357 ISBN 9789811399190.
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    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018

    Bibliographical note

    Note: Published in: Chandra Satapathy, Suresh; Bhateja, Vikrant; Le Nguyen, Bao; Gia Nguyen, Nhu; Le, Dac-Nhuong (eds.) (2020) Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on FICTA (2018), Volume 2. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 315-322. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing) ISSN (print) 2194-5357 ISBN 9789811399190.

    Keywords

    • Allied health professions and studies

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