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oapen-20.500.12657-544112022-05-15T07:01:31Z Quantifying Quality of Life Wac, Katarzyna Wulfovich, Sharon Quality of life Behaviour Informatics Self-esteem Mobility Physical environment bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine::MBNH Personal & public health bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSD Molecular biology bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues Describes technological methods and tools for objective and quantitative assessment of QoL Appraises technology-enabled methods for incorporating QoL measurements in medicine Highlights the success factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods This open access book presents the rise of technology-enabled methods and tools for objective, quantitative assessment of Quality of Life (QoL), while following the WHOQOL model. It is an in-depth resource describing and examining state-of-the-art, minimally obtrusive, ubiquitous technologies. Highlighting the required factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods and tools for QoL assessment, it also describes how these technologies can be leveraged for behavior change, disease prevention, health management and long-term QoL enhancement in populations at large. Quantifying Quality of Life: Incorporating Daily Life into Medicine fills a gap in the field of QoL by providing assessment methods, techniques and tools. These assessments differ from the current methods that are now mostly infrequent, subjective, qualitative, memory-based, context-poor and sparse. Therefore, it is an ideal resource for physicians, physicians in training, software and hardware developers, computer scientists, data scientists, behavioural scientists, entrepreneurs, healthcare leaders and administrators who are seeking an up-to-date resource on this subject. 2022-05-13T12:18:30Z 2022-05-13T12:18:30Z 2022 book ONIX_20220513_9783030942120_3 9783030942120 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54411 eng Health Informatics application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-94212-0.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-94212-0 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-94212-0 10.1007/978-3-030-94212-0 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 9783030942120 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Springer International Publishing 602 Cham open access
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Describes technological methods and tools for objective and quantitative assessment of QoL Appraises technology-enabled methods for incorporating QoL measurements in medicine Highlights the success factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods This open access book presents the rise of technology-enabled methods and tools for objective, quantitative assessment of Quality of Life (QoL), while following the WHOQOL model. It is an in-depth resource describing and examining state-of-the-art, minimally obtrusive, ubiquitous technologies. Highlighting the required factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods and tools for QoL assessment, it also describes how these technologies can be leveraged for behavior change, disease prevention, health management and long-term QoL enhancement in populations at large. Quantifying Quality of Life: Incorporating Daily Life into Medicine fills a gap in the field of QoL by providing assessment methods, techniques and tools. These assessments differ from the current methods that are now mostly infrequent, subjective, qualitative, memory-based, context-poor and sparse. Therefore, it is an ideal resource for physicians, physicians in training, software and hardware developers, computer scientists, data scientists, behavioural scientists, entrepreneurs, healthcare leaders and administrators who are seeking an up-to-date resource on this subject.
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