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- Title
Conceptual Model Design of a Smart and Safe Medicine Box for Visually and Hearing-impaired Elderly People.
- Authors
Amiri, Parastoo
- Abstract
Background: Due to busy daily activities and aging, people easily forget when and how to take medicine. Failure to take the medicine on time may cause severe health problems for some patients. Objective: To avoid such bad effects, we designed a conceptual model of a smart medicine box (SMB) as a smart medical assistant for patients. Material and Methods: This developmental-applied study was conducted based on the Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) theory in 2022. Based on this theory, the needs of 20 elderly users were investigated in the form of semi-structured interviews to design a conceptual model of a SMB. SMB can be adjusted and controlled by a mobile application. Results: Safety and intelligence were considered in the design of SMB. The safety feature of SMB addresses the wrong dose of medicine, not taking the medicine and keeping the medicine out of the reach of children. The intelligent feature can also be set as visual and audible alerts. These alerts mainly signal when the medicines are about to run out or the person forgets to take their medicines or does not take the correct dose. In addition, with the help of the mobile application can send SMS or email notifications to the patients or their caregivers. Conclusion: This article created a product based on the combination of functions and human-machine relationship, and the best plan was selected for design. This conceptual model can be used as a prototype for the design of SMB in the future.
- Subjects
OLDER people; CONCEPTUAL models; CONCEPTUAL design; TEXT messages; HUMAN-machine relationship; MEDICAL assistants; OLDER patients; DEAF children
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 2023, Vol 13, p51
- ISSN
2251-7200
- Publication type
Article