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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 517-534 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
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Keywords
- Older adults
- loneliness prevention
- tablet
- virtual coaching
- user-centred design
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V2me : Evaluating the first steps in mobile friendship coaching. / Muuraiskangas, Salla (Corresponding Author); Leist, A.K.; Braun, A.; Klauss, K.; Roelofsma, P.; Wichert, R.; Klein, P.; Ferring, D.
In: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, Vol. 4, No. 6, 2012, p. 517-534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - V2me
T2 - Evaluating the first steps in mobile friendship coaching
AU - Muuraiskangas, Salla
AU - Leist, A.K.
AU - Braun, A.
AU - Klauss, K.
AU - Roelofsma, P.
AU - Wichert, R.
AU - Klein, P.
AU - Ferring, D.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Life events, such as retirement or being widowed, can change the social circle of older people considerably. It may be difficult to find new social contacts when one has never got used to, or perhaps even never learnt, to seek and maintain those contacts. Loneliness has many negative effects for well-being, including depression and even cardiovascular disease. The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL-JP) research project V2me seeks to find a solution for alleviating loneliness by means of easy-to-use technology including touch screen devices. The idea is to use a virtual coach for encouraging users to take an active role in contacting people and teaching them how to initiate and maintain meaningful and enduring relations. The first step, in the process of creating the complete virtual coach-assisted system for preventing loneliness, is to create a proto type and use the feedback from older users for developing the system. In this paper we discuss the results of the first pilot and what steps need to be taken next.
AB - Life events, such as retirement or being widowed, can change the social circle of older people considerably. It may be difficult to find new social contacts when one has never got used to, or perhaps even never learnt, to seek and maintain those contacts. Loneliness has many negative effects for well-being, including depression and even cardiovascular disease. The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL-JP) research project V2me seeks to find a solution for alleviating loneliness by means of easy-to-use technology including touch screen devices. The idea is to use a virtual coach for encouraging users to take an active role in contacting people and teaching them how to initiate and maintain meaningful and enduring relations. The first step, in the process of creating the complete virtual coach-assisted system for preventing loneliness, is to create a proto type and use the feedback from older users for developing the system. In this paper we discuss the results of the first pilot and what steps need to be taken next.
KW - Older adults
KW - loneliness prevention
KW - tablet
KW - virtual coaching
KW - user-centred design
U2 - 10.3233/AIS-2012-0177
DO - 10.3233/AIS-2012-0177
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 517
EP - 534
JO - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
JF - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
SN - 1876-1364
IS - 6
ER -