Activity monitoring in daily life as an outcome measure for surgical pain relief intervention using smartphones

Authors:
Julia Seiter;Sebastian Feese;Bert Arnrich;Gerhard Tröster;Oliver Amft;Lucian Macrea;Konrad Maurer
Affiliations:
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Switzerland;University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We investigate the potential of a smartphone to measure a patient's change in physical activity before and after a surgical pain relief intervention. We show feasibility for our smartphone system providing physical activity from acceleration, barometer and location data to measure the intervention's outcome. In a single-case study, we monitored a pain patient carrying the smartphone before and after a surgical intervention over 26 days. Results indicate significant changes before and after intervention, particularly in physical activity in the home environment.