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- Age4all: uma sinergia científica no IPSPublication . Leotournel, Anna; Germano, Helena; Gronita, Joaquim; Nunes, Nuno; Arguello, Patricia; Gomes, Ana; Teles, Edgar; Dias, Inês; Brito, Maeva; Gonçalves, Tânia; Caria, Helena
- Building on Mobile towards Better Stuttering Awareness to Improve Speech TherapyPublication . Madeira, Rui Neves; Macedo, Patrícia; Pita, Pedro; Bonança, Íris; Germano, HelenaThis paper describes the project I Aware my Stuttering , which is a system with a focus on a mobile application for smartphones directed to people who stutter. This software will allow users to register their stuttering related situations, registering, for example, the contexts in which they occur, the interlocutors and their reactions to the situations, and the emotions felt. The application provides a reporting module that includes charts to help visualizing how stuttering situations evolve according to several features. It will help promote daily self-monitoring of speech as a means of controlling stuttering, being personalized according to the user profile. The system also offers a module for the speech therapist, which can monitor and receive reports related to users which are her/his patients. This collected data will improve the therapeutic process by enhancing discussion about registers performed immediately after a real context situation. Additionally, this paper presents a first user study conducted to assess and validate the project’s purpose and the central module for registration of stuttering related situations.
- Experience and reflection: curriculum units to develop generic skills in speech and language therapy studentsPublication . Germano, Helena; Gronita, Joaquim
- Mobile Apps to improve ThErapyPublication . Madeira, Rui Neves; Macedo, Patrícia; Pereira, Carla; Germano, Helena; Ferreira, JoãoThere is an emerging consumer-driven demand for a more personalised health system and, there is no question, the rapid evolution of the mobile apps market became an important driver for personalisation in the health field. The MAiThE (Mobile Apps to improve ThErapy) project focuses on the deployment and study of personalised mHealth apps to provide patients and carers with self-management capabilities to help them feel empowered in their ability to find strategies in a more informed and collaborative way, and to optimise therapy outside the clinical context, with remote support from health practitioners. The insight gathered with the development and assessment of the apps tailored to the end-users’ needs will result in a conceptual model to guide in the development of future mHealth apps. The project will produce an impact study based on thorough apps evaluations conducted on the field with participants from different contexts.
- Mobile Apps to improve therapy: the health practitioner in your pocket knows youPublication . Madeira, Rui Neves; Macedo, Patrícia; Pereira, Carla; Germano, Helena; Ferreira, JoãoThere 1 is an emerging consumer-driven demand for a more personalised health system and, there is no question, the rapid evolution of the mobile apps market became an important driver for personalisation in the health field. The MAiThE (Mobile Apps to improve ThErapy) project focuses on the deployment and study of personalised mHealth apps to provide patients and carers with self-management capabilities to help them feel empowered in their ability to find strategies in a more informed and collaborative way, and to optimise therapy outside the clinical context, with remote support from health practitioners. The insight gathered with the development and assessment of the apps tailored to the end-users’ needs will result in a conceptual model to guide in the development of future mHealth apps. The project will produce an impact study based on thorough apps evaluations conducted on the field with participants from different contexts.
- A mulher com obesidade: que vivência da sexualidade?: um estudo de casoPublication . Germano, Helena; Moisão, Catarina
- Personalising the user experience of a mobile health application towards Patient EngagementPublication . Madeira, Rui Neves; Germano, Helena; Macedo, Patrícia; Correia, NunoStuttering is a multifactorial speech disorder that usually has several impacts on daily life, especially regarding loss of confidence in social situations and increased anxiety levels. BroiStu is a mobile health application that was developed to address the impacts of stuttering on people who stutter, allowing them to be more aware of their speech disorder in their everyday life. The personalisation of the user experience may be particularly important to maintain the patient engaged with the application towards a long-term use to take full advantage of the application’s features. This paper presents the implementation of personalisation aspects in BroiStu, introducing the model that is being followed, describing the features used, and presenting the results obtained with a preliminary experiment. The personalisation mechanisms are provided by a cloud-based platform that is designed to serve different applications. Interesting findings and further work are presented.
- The Impact of Stuttering; How Can a Mobile App Help?Publication . Demarin, Iva; Leko, Ljubica; Škrobo, Maja; Germano, Helena; Macedo, Patrícia; Madeira, Rui NThe mobile application BroiStu was developed due to the need of having a better insight on the impact of stuttering on people who stutter's everyday life. This paper presents a study on this application, verifying which features of impact of stuttering found in scientific literature are included in the application and making a comparison with a similar application. Furthermore, it also summarises a user study conducted with a first panel of experts. New findings and obtained results are discussed