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Usability of the REHOME Solution for the Telerehabilitation in Neurological Diseases: Preliminary Results on Motor and Cognitive Platforms

Journal

SENSORS
Volume 22, Issue 23, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22239467

Keywords

telemedicine; telerehabilitation; remote monitoring; health care platform; motor and cognitive rehabilitation; sleep disorders; neurological diseases

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  1. ROP Piemonte (Italy)

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With the progressive aging of the population and the increase in neurological diseases, telemedicine and e-health solutions are becoming more important. The REHOME project aims to provide remote monitoring and rehabilitation for cognitive, motor, and sleep disorders associated with neurological diseases. Preliminary results of usability and user experience questionnaires are presented.
The progressive aging of the population and the consequent growth of individuals with neurological diseases and related chronic disabilities, will lead to a general increase in the costs and resources needed to ensure treatment and care services. In this scenario, telemedicine and e-health solutions, including remote monitoring and rehabilitation, are attracting increasing interest as tools to ensure the sustainability of the healthcare system or, at least, to support the burden for health care facilities. Technological advances in recent decades have fostered the development of dedicated and innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based solutions, with the aim of complementing traditional care and treatment services through telemedicine applications that support new patient and disease management strategies. This is the background for the REHOME project, whose technological solution, presented in this paper, integrates innovative methodologies and devices for remote monitoring and rehabilitation of cognitive, motor, and sleep disorders associated with neurological diseases. One of the primary goals of the project is to meet the needs of patients and clinicians, by ensuring continuity of treatment from healthcare facilities to the patient's home. To this end, it is important to ensure the usability of the solution by elderly and pathological individuals. Preliminary results of usability and user experience questionnaires on 70 subjects recruited in three experimental trials are presented here.

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