WHAAM: A mobile application for ubiquitous monitoring of ADHD behaviors

Author

Spachos, Dimitris ; Chifari, Antonella ; Chiazzese, Giuseppe ; Merlo, Gianluca ; Doherty, Gavin ; Bamidis, Panagiotis

Author_Institution

Med. Scholl, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

13-14 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

305

Lastpage

309

Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric conditions in childhood. Observation of the behavior of the young person plays a key role in Cognitive-Behavioural (CB) approaches to the treatment of ADHD, but traditional pen and pen-and-paper based methods have a number of disadvantages which inhibit their use in realworld situations. The WHAAM mobile application (WMA) provides teachers, parents and health experts with features to easily monitor behaviors in a Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely (SMART) way.

Keywords

Internet; medical diagnostic computing; medical disorders; mobile computing; paediatrics; psychology; ADHD behaviors; CB approaches; SMART; WHAAM mobile application; WMA; Web health application for ADHD monitoring; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; childhood; cognitive-behavioural approaches; psychiatric conditions; specific-measurable-attainable-realistic-and-timely method; ubiquitous monitoring; Conferences; Context; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Pediatrics; Usability; ADHD; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; mobile technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Thessaloniki

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMCTL.2014.7011153

Filename

7011153