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The New Era of Technology Applied to Cardiovascular Patients: State-of-the-Art and Questionnaire Applied for a System Proposal

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The advance of technology allows daily monitoring of people with cardiovascular diseases. It enables patient empowerment, making them increasingly autonomous and responsible for their health by using digital tools and solutions. The purpose of this study is to idealize a system individualized to the patient with cardiovascular diseases, including monitoring, follow-up, treatments, and communication with healthcare professionals. A review of the existing literature was carried out, identifying the need to understand patients’ needs and preferences to adapt the digital solutions. Therefore, a questionnaire was developed to characterize patients’ preferences, showing that patients prefer to use their personal devices, such as mobile phones, due to their ease of use and commodity. Most patients would like to receive information through a mobile application. They also agreed that teleconsultation and telemonitoring helped to improve their health status.

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This work is funded by FCT/MEC through national funds and, when applicable, co-funded by the FEDER-PT2020 partnership agreement under the project UIDB/50008/2020. (Este trabalho é financiado pela FCT/MEC através de fundos nacionais e cofinanciado pelo FEDER, no âmbito do Acordo de Parceria PT2020 no âmbito do projeto UIDB/50008/2020). This work is also funded by National Funds through the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project UIDB/00742/2020. This article is based upon work from COST Action IC1303-AAPELE–Architectures, Algorithms, and Protocols for Enhanced Living Environments and COST Action CA16226–SHELD-ON–Indoor living space improvement: Smart Habitat for the Elderly, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). COST is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. It boosts their research, career, and innovation. More information in www.cost.eu. Furthermore, we would like to thank the Politécnico de Viseu for their support.

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  1. Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, 3810-164, Aveiro, Portugal

    María Vanessa Villasana

  2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506, Covilhã, Portugal

    Juliana Sá

  3. Centro Hospital e Universitário do Porto, 4099-001, Oporto, Portugal

    Juliana Sá

  4. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Ivan Miguel Pires

  5. Computer Science Department, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

    Ivan Miguel Pires

  6. UICISA: E Research Centre, School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

    Ivan Miguel Pires & Carlos Albuquerque

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Villasana, M.V., Sá, J., Pires, I.M., Albuquerque, C. (2021). The New Era of Technology Applied to Cardiovascular Patients: State-of-the-Art and Questionnaire Applied for a System Proposal. In: Pires, I.M., Spinsante, S., Zdravevski, E., Lameski, P. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. GOODTECHS 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 401. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_20

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