↓ Skip to main content

Quantitative home-based assessment of Parkinson’s symptoms: The SENSE-PARK feasibility and usability study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Neurology, June 2015
Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (72nd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (71st percentile)

Mentioned by

twitter
5 X users

Citations

dimensions_citation
72 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
264 Mendeley
You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output. Click here to find out more.
Title
Quantitative home-based assessment of Parkinson’s symptoms: The SENSE-PARK feasibility and usability study
Published in
BMC Neurology, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12883-015-0343-z
Pubmed ID
Authors

Joaquim J. Ferreira, Catarina Godinho, Ana T. Santos, Josefa Domingos, Daisy Abreu, Raquel Lobo, Nilza Gonçalves, Marcio Barra, Frank Larsen, Øyvind Fagerbakke, Ingvild Akeren, Hilde Wangen, J. Artur Serrano, Peter Weber, Andrea Thoms, Stefan Meckler, Stefan Sollinger, Janet van Uem, Markus A. Hobert, Katrin S. Maier, Helen Matthew, Tom Isaacs, Joy Duffen, Holm Graessner, Walter Maetzler

Abstract

Currently, assessment of symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease is mainly performed in the clinic. However, these assessments have limitations because they provide only a snapshot of the condition. The feasibility and usability of an objective, continuous and relatively unobtrusive system (SENSE-PARK System), which consists of wearable sensors (three worn during the day and one worn at night), a smartphone-based App, a balance board and computer software, was tested 24/7 over 12 weeks in a study including 22 PD patients. During the first four weeks of the study, patients did not get feedback about their performance, during the last eight weeks they did. The study included seven clinical visits with standardized interviews, and regular phone contact. The primary outcome was the number of drop-outs during the study. As secondary outcomes, the Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ), score and information obtained from the standardized interviews were used to evaluate the usability of the system. All patients completed the study. The participants rated the usability of the SENSE-PARK System with a mean score of 2.67 (±0.49) on the PSSUQ. The interviews revealed that most participants liked using the system and appreciated that it signaled changes in their health condition. This 12 week controlled study demonstrates that the acceptance level of PD patients using the SENSE-PARK System as a home-based 24/7 assessment is very good. Particular emphasis should be given to a user-friendly design. Motivation to wear such a system can be increased by providing direct feedback about the individual health condition.

X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 264 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Taiwan 1 <1%
Unknown 257 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 49 19%
Researcher 40 15%
Student > Master 31 12%
Student > Bachelor 29 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 22 8%
Other 50 19%
Unknown 43 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 20%
Engineering 26 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 25 9%
Computer Science 24 9%
Neuroscience 21 8%
Other 57 22%
Unknown 57 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2016.
All research outputs
#6,370,974
of 23,509,982 outputs
Outputs from BMC Neurology
#727
of 2,513 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#73,191
of 267,991 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Neurology
#12
of 38 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,509,982 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,513 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 70% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 267,991 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 72% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 38 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its contemporaries.