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Using Idle Moment
to Record Your
Health via Mobile
Applications
Neal Lathia
Computer Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
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Introduction
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Application Scenario
Application Design
Review Input, Information Output
User Profiles
Sharing Reviews
• Early usage and data
Reviews Received
Is Anyone Sharing
• Discussion
Data without Diagnosis
Reconnecting with each other
• Conclusion
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 In
recent years the sales of mobile devices has
exceeded that of personal computers.
 They
have become items that we keep within arms
length throughout over 75% of the day.
 Increasingly
containing powerful sensors that can
measure out activities.
 Two
notable trends that are enabled by mobile
systems are:
1. Users can collect data.
2. Users can contribute to data.
Introduction
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 There
is raising interest in using technology to
deliver health related interventions.
 Examples
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of this are:
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Novel mobile systems for psychology research.
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Web based system for social psychology research.
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Web based systems like “LifeGuid”.
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Seeking
One
situation where the users may be idle.
such situation is when people are in the lavatory.
“New
York Times” survey on the “rise of the toilet texture”.
Ages between 28-35
Age above 65
91% use their phones
47% use their phones
Of
the 1000 survey respondents,75% admit on using their
mobile phone while in the toilet.
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 Habits
relating to and experiences of going to the
lavatory reflect on a person’s well-being and quality
of life.
 There
is a vast range of disorders and illness that
will negatively affect a person regularity in the
lavatory such as food poisoning, bowel cancer,
irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea and constipation.
 The
application described later is called: The (Poo)
Review
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 Application
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Goals:
Allow the user to anonymously input data
and create a personal profile.
Convey educational information.
Empower uses to share reviews.
Make it fun and simple to use.
 The Application
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uses two component:
Android SDK for the native application.
Google App Engine for storage and dynamic
information delivery.
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 When
the user installs the application, the server
allocates a unique, persistent six digit pin code to
them.
 The
home screen of the application greets the users
with three buttons:
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Review
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My Profile
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Friends
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Review Input, Information Output:
the main task is for users to review their current bowel
movement. They do so via a 4-fold review process:
1- Numerical Ratings:
Quantity, Solidity, Satisfaction.
2- Categorical Choice:
Ask the user to select a category choice that best describes
their current stool.
3- Current Location:
The user has a choice to chose a location to their review.
4- Textual Feedback:
The users has an option of adding a short comment to their
review.
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The result page contains two main components:
Personalized Feedback:
The heading shows the time of the day,
 A smiley is dynamically set based on the last users
rating.
 A textual fact relating to the users reviews.
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Generic Fact:
Generic fact under “did you know?” collected from
Wikipedia .
 A link to the source called “Read More”.
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User Profiles:
From the reviews that the user entered.
 A seven days statistics.
 The aggregate data.
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Sharing Reviews:
Discussions with a variety of people regarding to
share reviews resulted in diverging results.
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The app was released to the Google Play market on March
19,2012.
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After one month 35 users used the application.
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Reviews Received:
 217 review from 24 different users.
 The most times the app was used are (8 and 10 am) and
(2 and 4 pm).
 The rating distribution.
 The normalized satisfaction.
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Is anyone sharing:
 One quarter of the users enabled sharing.
 Six friendship ties have been established.
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Problems to technology that enables health self monitoring:
1. Danger that over monitoring may lead to self diagnosis
and stress.
2. Technological solutions for health contexts may negatively
impact peoples tendencies to seek and give social support
to those around them.
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Data Without Diagnosis:
 The application does not compare results , and does not
give automated diagnosis.
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Reconnection with Each Other:
 The application help people overcome social stigma of
openly talking about their experiences.
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The application is light weighted and fun tool.
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It can be furthermore used as:
 The collection of diary data during periods of clinical trails.
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Using it for campaigns to educate people about symptoms.
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Support of questionnaires that web based systems targeted
towards those with minor or diagnosed bowel conditions.
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More than one activity can be added.
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Questions?
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