TY - JOUR
T1 - Aging and technology in medical care
T2 - Using the example of patient controllers in deep brain stimulation
AU - Kaiser, Iris
AU - Oppenauer, Claudia
AU - Kryspin-Exner, Ilse
AU - Czech, Thomas
AU - Alesch, Franois
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), thematic program: ‘benefit’ grant P820974. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Deep brain stimulation is a neurosurgical therapy for patients with advanced movement disorders (e.g., Parkinsons disease). This therapy involves the use of a patient controller for home-use. So far, there are four different patient controllers available on the European market. However, use and acceptance of the patient controller is relatively low. The main end-user group is patients above the age of 60 years. This article compares the design of the different interfaces, with a special focus on gerotechnological aspects (display, acoustic signals, coloring, lettering, cognitive load and haptics). We suggest strategies to optimize the use and acceptance of these devices, which have already entered the market. Moreover, future directions of deep brain stimulation and the usability of patient controllers are discussed.
AB - Deep brain stimulation is a neurosurgical therapy for patients with advanced movement disorders (e.g., Parkinsons disease). This therapy involves the use of a patient controller for home-use. So far, there are four different patient controllers available on the European market. However, use and acceptance of the patient controller is relatively low. The main end-user group is patients above the age of 60 years. This article compares the design of the different interfaces, with a special focus on gerotechnological aspects (display, acoustic signals, coloring, lettering, cognitive load and haptics). We suggest strategies to optimize the use and acceptance of these devices, which have already entered the market. Moreover, future directions of deep brain stimulation and the usability of patient controllers are discussed.
KW - ambient-assisted living
KW - deep brain stimulation
KW - gerotechnology
KW - human-computer interaction
KW - Parkinsons disease
KW - patient controller
KW - usability
KW - Movement Disorders/physiopathology
KW - Humans
KW - Equipment Design
KW - Deep Brain Stimulation/instrumentation
KW - Patient Acceptance of Health Care
KW - Biofeedback, Psychology/instrumentation
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Aging
KW - Self Care/instrumentation
KW - Aged
KW - Equipment Failure Analysis
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U2 - 10.1586/erd.10.45
DO - 10.1586/erd.10.45
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21050087
AN - SCOPUS:78149403771
SN - 1743-4440
VL - 7
SP - 759
EP - 766
JO - Expert Review of Medical Devices
JF - Expert Review of Medical Devices
IS - 6
ER -