Mental health promotion system

Author

Farooq, Umar ; Jang, Dae-Geun ; Jang, Jae-Keun ; Park, Seung-Hun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Kyung Hee Univ., Yongin, South Korea

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

5283

Lastpage

5286

Abstract

Mental activity promotion system is presented that analyzes, quantifies, trains and prescribes based on analysis of logical, memorizing, concentrative, decisive, in conditions where time and space is involved, possibility of dementia, and on evaluation of lifestyle of subjects. Special consideration has been made to make the system motivational, persuasive, attractive and fun to use. The system has been successfully deployed in Bitgeoul Senior health town, Gwangju, South Korea.

Keywords

brain; geriatrics; medical computing; medical disorders; neurophysiology; patient care; psychology; concentrative activity; decisive activity; dementia; logical activity; memorization; mental activity promotion system; mental health promotion system; senior health; Dementia; Radiofrequency identification; Senior citizens; Servers; Training; User interfaces; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Health Promotion; Humans; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Patient Education as Topic; Republic of Korea; Telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091307

Filename

6091307