Title :
Collecting Visual Analogue Scales and health assessment of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis using an USB controller
Author :
Suhonen, Jaana ; Haataja, Keijo ; Päivinen, Niina ; Toivanen, Pekka
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Kuopio, Kuopio
Abstract :
In this paper, an electronical solution for collecting visual analogue scales (VAS) and health assessment using an universal serial bus (USB) controller is introduced. Our novel device is called USB-VAS. In addition, the implementation details and the operation principle of the USB-VAS device is provided. The USB-VAS device is very easy-to-use and it also reduces the workload of nurses and doctors. Moreover, clinical test results among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are presented. Some ideas to further improve both the usability and accuracy of the USB-VAS device are also proposed.
Keywords :
patient care; patient monitoring; peripheral interfaces; USB controller; ankylosing spondylitis; patient health assessment; rheumatoid arthritis; universal serial bus controller; visual analogue scales; Arthritis; Computer science; Diseases; Hospitals; Legged locomotion; Pain; Testing; Universal Serial Bus; Usability; BASDAI; BASFI; HAQ; USB-VAS device; VAS;
Conference_Titel :
Internet, 2008. ICI 2008. 4th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tashkent
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2282-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2283-8
DOI :
10.1109/CANET.2008.4655325
