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User Centered Virtual Coaching for Older Adults at Home Using SMART Goal Plans and I-Change Model

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  • Andoni Beristain Iraola

    (Digital Health & Biomedical Technologies Department, Vicomtech Foundation, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Mikeletegi 57, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain
    e-Health Department, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr Begiristain s/n, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain)

  • Roberto Álvarez Sánchez

    (Digital Health & Biomedical Technologies Department, Vicomtech Foundation, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Mikeletegi 57, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain
    e-Health Department, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr Begiristain s/n, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain)

  • Santiago Hors-Fraile

    (Salumedia Labs, Research Division of Adhera Health, Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA)

  • Despoina Petsani

    (Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Michail Timoleon

    (Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Unai Díaz-Orueta

    (Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Maynooth W23 F2H6, Co. Kildare R51, Ireland)

  • Joanne Carroll

    (School of Psychology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland)

  • Louise Hopper

    (School of Psychology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland)

  • Gorka Epelde

    (Digital Health & Biomedical Technologies Department, Vicomtech Foundation, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Mikeletegi 57, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain
    e-Health Department, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr Begiristain s/n, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain)

  • Jon Kerexeta

    (Digital Health & Biomedical Technologies Department, Vicomtech Foundation, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Mikeletegi 57, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain
    e-Health Department, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr Begiristain s/n, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain)

  • Panagiotis D. Bamidis

    (Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis

    (Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
    WITA SRL, 38123 Trento, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Preventive care and telemedicine are expected to play an important role in reducing the impact of an increasingly aging global population while increasing the number of healthy years. Virtual coaching is a promising research area to support this process. This paper presents a user-centered virtual coach for older adults at home to promote active and healthy aging and independent living. It supports behavior change processes for improving on cognitive, physical, social interaction and nutrition areas using specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-limited (SMART) goal plans, following the I-Change behavioral change model. Older adults select and personalize which goal plans to join from a catalog designed by domain experts. Intervention delivery adapts to user preferences and minimizes intrusiveness in the user’s daily living using a combination of a deterministic algorithm and incremental machine learning model. The home becomes an augmented reality environment, using a combination of projectors, cameras, microphones and support sensors, where common objects are used for projection and sensed. Older adults interact with this virtual coach in their home in a natural way using speech and body gestures on projected user interfaces with common objects at home. This paper presents the concept from the older adult and the caregiver perspectives. Then, it focuses on the older adult view, describing the tools and processes available to foster a positive behavior change process, including a discussion about the limitations of the current implementation.

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  • Andoni Beristain Iraola & Roberto Álvarez Sánchez & Santiago Hors-Fraile & Despoina Petsani & Michail Timoleon & Unai Díaz-Orueta & Joanne Carroll & Louise Hopper & Gorka Epelde & Jon Kerexeta & Panag, 2021. "User Centered Virtual Coaching for Older Adults at Home Using SMART Goal Plans and I-Change Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-24, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:13:p:6868-:d:582853
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    1. Joana Bernardo & João Apóstolo & Ricardo Loureiro & Elaine Santana & Nilufer Korkmaz Yaylagul & Carina Dantas & Filipa Ventura & Filipa Margarida Duque & Nina Jøranson & Minna Zechner & Willeke van St, 2022. "eHealth Platforms to Promote Autonomous Life and Active Aging: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-20, November.

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