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Objectiu: Comprovar en dos grups d’edat la repetibilitat d’una nova aplicació web per avaluar el temps de recuperació macular (MRT) al fotoestrés en una població sana. A més, s’estudia la influència de la il·luminació de la sala i del diàmetre pupil·lar durant el blanqueig. Mètode: En aquest estudi han participat cinquanta-dos subjectes d’entre 18 i 25 anys (30 subjectes) i d’entre 58 i 68 anys (22 subjectes). Es va desenvolupar en dues visites separades per una setmana. Tots els pacients tenien transparència de medis, fons d’ull normal i agudesa visual de prop igual o superior a 1.0 amb la millor compensació òptica. Se’ls ha realitzat les proves d’agudesa visual, refracció, sensibilitat al contrast, reixeta d’Amsler, biomicroscopia, fons d’ull i se’ls ha mesurat el temps de recuperació macular (Macular Recovery Time (MRT)) després de l’enlluernament. Resultat: El promig de la diferència entre la primera i la segona visita és de 3,6 seg. (DS12,94). Pel que fa al grup jove, els MRT van de 4,4 seg. a 35,76 i la mitjana és de 10,8 seg (p=0,013) i respecte el grup d’adults els MRT van de 4,48 seg a 108,32 seg. i la mitjana és de 35,49seg. (p=0,025). El coeficient de repetibilitat del grup jove és de 9,15 seg. mentre que del grup d’adults és de 37,27seg. El MRT pràcticament no es veu afectat pel diàmetre pupil·lar i no varia de manera significativa entre els dos nivells d’il·luminació (p=0,294). Conclusió: Els joves han obtingut millors temps de recuperació macular i menor dispersió dels resultats. Els resultats de el MRT disminueixen lleugerament de la primera a la segona visita. El diàmetre pupil·lar no és clínicament rellevant per cap dels dos grups d’edat. No s’ha observat una correlació significativa entre el MRT i la il·luminació de la sala, Objetivo: Comprobar en dos grupos de edad la repetitividad de una nueva aplicación web para evaluar el tiempo de recuperación macular al fotoestrés en una población sana. Además, se estudia la influencia de la iluminación de la sala y del diámetro pupilar durante el blanqueo. Método: En el estudio participaron cincuenta y dos sujetos de entre 18 y 25 años (30 sujetos) y de entre 58 y 68 años (22 sujetos). Se desarrolló en dos visitas separadas por una semana. Todos ellos tenían transparencia de medios, fondo de ojo normal, agudeza visual de cerca igual o mayor de 1.0 con la mejor corrección óptica. Se les realizaron las pruebas de agudeza visual, refracción, sensibilidad al contraste, rejilla de Amsler, biomicroscopia, fondo de ojo y se les midió el tiempo de recuperación macular (Macular Recovery Time (MRT)) durante el deslumbramiento. Resultado: El promedio de la diferencia entre la primera y la segunda visita es de 3,6 seg. (DS 12,94). Por un lado, el grupo joven los MRT van de 4,4 seg. a 35,76seg. y la mediana es de 10,8 seg. (p=0,013) y por el otro lado, en el grupo adulto van de 4,48 seg. a 108,32 seg. y la mediana es de 35,49seg. (p=0,025). El coeficiente de repetitividad por el grupo joven es de 9,15 seg. mientras que por el grupo adulto es de 37,27 seg. El MRT prácticamente no se ve afectado por el diámetro pupilar y no varía de manera significativa entre los dos niveles de iluminación. Conclusión: Los jóvenes han obtenido mejores tiempos de recuperación macular y menor dispersión de los resultados. Los MRT disminuyen ligeramente de la primera a la segunda visita. El diámetro pupilar no es clínicamente relevante para ningún de los dos grupos de edad. No se ha encontrado una correlación significativa entre el MRT y la iluminación de la sala, Purpose: This study sought to determinate above two age groups the repeatability of a web application to assess macular photostress recovery time among a healthy population, the influence of the room light level and the pupil diameter on the bleaching. Methods: Fifty-two subjects ranging from 18 to 25 years old (30 subjects) and from 58 to 68 (22 subjects) participated in the study which was conducted in two different measurements one-week apart. All of them had clear ocular media, normal appearance of fundus and near visual acuity of at least 20/20 with the better optical correction. They underwent an evaluation of visual acuity, refractive examination, contrast sensibility, Amsler Grid, slit-lamp examination and Macular Recovery Time (MRT) after glaring. Results: The average of the difference between the first and second visit was of 3,6 sec. (SD 12,94). For the young group, the results go from 4,4 sec. to 35,76 sec. and the median is 10,8 sec. (p=0,013) and for the elder group go from 4,48 sec. to 108,32 sec. and the median is 35,49 sec. (p=0,025). The coefficient of repeatability for the young group was of 9,15 sec. and for the elderly group was of 37,27 sec. The MRT would be weakly affected by the pupil diameter and did not vary significantly across the two light levels (p=0,294). Conclusions: Young subjects presented shorter MRTs and a lower dispersion of the results. The MRT decreases from the first to the second visit. The pupil diameter was not clinical relevant for either age group. There is no significant correlation between the MRT and the room lighting

eTherapy can bring numerous advantages, however people have to adapt to a different discourse. It would be interesting to know patients’ expectations regarding to this type of therapy. A questionnaire was developed with the most studied factors proved to have an important role in technology acceptance. The results allowed highlighting some important factors that influence behavioral intention, and made it possible to verify that some of these factors may be linked or influence others among different dimensions., Postprint (published version)

User-Driven Healthcare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a global discussion on the practice of user-driven learning in healthcare and connected disciplines and its influence on learning through clinical problem solving. This book brings together different perspectives for researchers and practitioners to develop a comprehensive framework of user-driven healthcare., Postprint (published version)

Summary: The use of wireless sensor networks for a myriad of applications is increasing. They can be used in healthcare for emergency management. In Florida, hurricanes are the main source of natural disasters. There has been a high incidence of hurricanes over the past decade. When a hurricane warning is issued it is important that people who live in potentially dangerous areas, such as along the coast, evacuate for their safety. Nursing homes and other care facilities for elderly or disabled people experience difficulty with the evacuation as their residents require additional assistance. The characteristics and challenges of a hurricane evacuation are investigated. A patient-centric hurricane evacuation management system is proposed to allow healthcare providers the ability to continuously monitor and track patients. During a hurricane there are usually scarce energy resources and a loss of basic communication services such as cellular service and Internet access. We propose the architecture of the system that allows it to operate in the absence of these services. The hardware and software architectures are also presented along with the main phases of operation. The system was then validated and the performance evaluated via simulation using the OPNET Modeler., by Arny Isonja Ambrose., Vita., Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011., Includes bibliography., Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary: With the increasing demands of rising medical costs in combination with a boom in elderly patients in need of quality patient care medical practices are being stressed. Patient to nurse ratios are increasing and government spending in the medical domain is at an all-time high threatening the futures of government medical programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. In this thesis we propose a framework for the monitoring of a patient's vital statistics in a home-based setting using a mobile smart device. We believe that in taking advantage of the wireless sensor technology which is readily available today we can provide a solution that is both economically and socially viable offering a solid quality of healthcare in a comfortable and familiar environment. Our framework exposes both 802.11 and Bluetooth wireless protocol transmitting medical sensor devices using an Android platform device as a monitoring hub., by Mark Conaster., Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011., Includes bibliography., Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

E-health is form of health created to improve the health status of patients through Internet and other related technologies. It is an expanding concept being applied in lots of countries because of its benefits. With it, telemedicine is evolving. Telemedicine uses IT‟s to improve patient‟s outcomes with services such as diagnosis, treatments, prevention disease and so on. The objective of this document is to compare different projects being realised in Spain, and in particular, in the Catalonia Region. To do so, it introduces e-health, telemedicine and other related terms. It also describes the actual situation in Spain regarding these subjects. It provides a description of different telemedicine projects dealt in Catalonia and Spain, as well as a detailed and structured description of the project PALANTE and its pilots, specially the Spanish ones. It defines a taxonomy model to classify all the projects and the Spanish pilots so that they can be compared to view the differences between them, and the tendency that the telemedicine sector is heading to. The different resulting ideas that have been extracted are: There are projects that full monitor the patients with oximeters, sensors, spirometers…. This full monitoring is closed related to a service that tries to prevent a relapse from patients, which causes a reduction on the readmission of them. Several projects offer patients a virtual platform or portal to manage their health. This one should include (some ones already do) a drug intake schedule and an educational service. The latest projects developed are trying to give access to electronic health records (EHR) to their patients. The projects are trying to use ICT‟s to get a synchronous link between patients and health professionals., Outgoing

L'acostament entre el professional de la salut i el qui necessita els seus serveis és un tema d'interès per a la psicologia de la salut des que va començar com a disciplina. En el context de la societat de la informació i el coneixement apareix un nou escenari d'intervenció d'aquests dos col·lectius que és necessari conèixer. Per això s'han començat diferents propostes, però la que presenta el grup d'investigació de Psicologia de la Salut i Xarxa (PSINET) de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya s'encamina a potenciar la creació d'espais virtuals de trobada entre ambdós col·lectius (professionals de la salut i usuaris de serveis de salut). L'establiment de plataformes digitals de serveis sanitaris per als ciutadans del segle XXI passa primer per conèixer la realitat dels diferents col·lectius implicats en la relació salut i xarxa. L'objectiu que es planteja en aquest estudi se centra en el primer col·lectiu i en el descobriment del que hi ha sobre salut a Internet. Per a això, seguint una metodologia de recerca exhaustiva per Internet, s'han recollit webs sobre salut en català i castellà, i s'ha fet una anàlisi de dades textuals de la informació que contenien els webs en català. Aquesta anàlisi ha permès conèixer i descriure el prototip de web sobre salut que hi ha a la xarxa en el moment de fer l'estudi., El acercamiento entre el profesional de la salud y aquel que precisa sus servicios es un tema de interés para la psicología de la salud desde sus inicios como disciplina. En el contexto de la sociedad de la información y el conocimiento aparece un nuevo escenario de intervención de ambos colectivos que es necesario conocer. Por ello se han iniciado diferentes propuestas, pero la que presenta el grupo de investigación de Psicología de la Salud e Internet (PSINET) de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya se encamina a potenciar la creación de espacios virtuales de encuentro entre ambos colectivos (profesionales de la salud y usuarios de servicios de salud). El establecimiento de plataformas digitales de servicios sanitarios para los ciudadanos del siglo XXI pasa primero por conocer la realidad de los diferentes colectivos implicados en la relación salud y red. El objetivo que se plantea en este estudio se centra en el primer colectivo y en el descubrimiento de aquello que existe sobre salud en Internet. Para ello, siguiendo una metodología de búsqueda exhaustiva por Internet, se han recogido webs sobre salud en catalán y castellano, y se ha realizado un análisis de datos textuales de la información que contenían las webs en catalán. Dicho análisis ha permitido conocer y describir el prototipo de web sobre salud que existe en la red en el momento de realizar el estudio., The rapprochement between the health care professional and the person requiring their help has been a subject that has been of interest to health psychology since its beginnings as a discipline. In the context of the information and knowledge society a new scenario of interaction between the two groups emerges that needs to be known. As a result, a number of different proposals have been started, but the one put forward by the Health Psychology and the Internet Research Group (PSINET) of the UOC is aimed at fostering the creation of virtual meeting spaces between the two groups (health care professionals and health matters users). The establishment of digital health care services platforms for citizens in the twenty-first century calls first for a knowledge of the reality of the different groups involved in the health and Internet relationship. The objective set out in this study focuses on the first group and on the discovery of what there is on the Internet relating to health. For this, and following an exhaustive Internet search methodology, websites on health in Catalan and Spanish have been collated and an analysis has been made of the textual data of the information contained on the Catalan websites. This analysis has enabled us to know and find out the prototype of health website that there is on the Internet at the time the study was conducted.

The use of wireless sensor networks for a myriad of applications is increasing. They can be used in healthcare for emergency management. In Florida, hurricanes are the main source of natural disasters. There has been a high incidence of hurricanes over the past decade. When a hurricane warning is issued it is important that people who live in potentially dangerous areas, such as along the coast, evacuate for their safety. Nursing homes and other care facilities for elderly or disabled people experience difficulty with the evacuation as their residents require additional assistance. The characteristics and challenges of a hurricane evacuation are investigated. A patient-centric hurricane evacuation management system is proposed to allow healthcare providers the ability to continuously monitor and track patients. During a hurricane there are usually scarce energy resources and a loss of basic communication services such as cellular service and Internet access. We propose the architecture of the system that allows it to operate in the absence of these services. The hardware and software architectures are also presented along with the main phases of operation. The system was then validated and the performance evaluated via simulation using the OPNET Modeler., by Arny Isonja Ambrose., Vita., Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011., Includes bibliography., Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.