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Context-aware solutions for asthma condition management: a survey

Authors: Mario Quinde, Nawaz Khan, Juan Carlos Augusto, Aléchia van Wyk, Jill Stewart

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The evolution of information technology has allowed the development of ubiquitous, user-centred, and context-aware solutions. This article considers existing context-aware systems supporting asthma management with the aim of describing their main benefits and opportunities for improvement. To achieve this, the main concepts related to asthma and context awareness are explained before describing and analysing the existing context-aware systems aiding asthma. The survey shows that the concept of personalisation is the key when developing context-aware solutions supporting asthma management because of the high level of heterogeneity of this condition. Hence, the benefits and challenges of context-aware systems supporting asthma management are strongly linked to contextual Just-In-Time information of internal and external factors related to a person and the heterogeneity it represents.

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Title: Context-aware solutions for asthma condition management: a survey
Authors: Mario Quinde
Nawaz Khan
Juan Carlos Augusto
Aléchia van Wyk
Jill Stewart
Publication date: 29-11-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Universal Access in the Information Society / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1615-5289
Electronic ISSN: 1615-5297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-018-0641-5

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