Mobile health apps to facilitate self-care: A qualitative study of user experiences
Author(s): Anderson, KevinBurford, OksanaEmmerton, Lynne Abstract: Objective: Consumers are living longer, creating more pressure on the health system and increasing their requirement for self-care of chronic conditions. Despite rapidly-increasing numbers of mobile...
Developing Adaptive Quantified-Self Applications Using DynaSense
Author: Pratik Lade Yash Upadhyay Karthik Dantu Steven Y. Ko Abstract: There are a number of user-centric applications that use data from sensors in a personal area network. The heavy dependence of such applications on sensors means that if a...
Looking for the unusual: how older adults utilize self-tracking techniques for health management
Author(s): Clara CaldeiraMatthew BietzYunan Chen Abstract: Self-tracking applications for health management have become popular both in industry and in academia. Half of older adults in the U.S. track health indicators, but they rarely use technology for that purpose....
Privacy protection and self-disclosure across societies: A study of global Twitter users
Author(s): Liang, HaiShen, FeiFu, King Wa Abstract: Privacy is a culturally specific phenomenon. As social media platforms are going global, questions concerning privacy practices in a cross-cultural context become increasingly important. The purpose of this study is...
Tracking Myself: Assessing the Contribution of Mobile Technologies for Self-Trackers of Weight, Diet, or Exercise
Author(s): Abril, Eulàlia Puig Abstract: For individuals trying to lose or maintain weight, self-tracking their weight, diet, or exercise is important. In the past, different tracking modes have been examined, like paper and pencil, memory, or personal digital...
Personal tracking of screen time on digital devices
Author: Rooksby, JohnAsadzadeh, ParvinRost, MattiasMorrison, AlistairChalmers, Matthew Abstract: Numerous studies have tracked people's everyday use of digital devices, but without consideration of how such data might be of personal interest to the user. We have...
Reflections on 5 years of personal informatics: Rising concerns and emerging directions
Author(s): Ayobi, AmidMarshall, PaulCox, Anna L. Abstract: The real world use and design of personal informatics has been increasingly explored in HCI research in the last five years. However, personal informatics research is still a young multidisciplinary area of...
Beyond abandonment to next steps: Understanding and designing for life after personal informatics tool use
Author(s): Epstein, Daniel A.Caraway, MonicaJohnston, ChuckPing, AnFogarty, JamesMunson, Sean A. Abstract: Recent research examines how and why people abandon self-tracking tools. We extend this work with new insights drawn from people reflecting on their experiences...
Self-Tracking for Health and the Quantified Self: Re-Articulating Autonomy, Solidarity, and Authenticity in an Age of Personalized Healthcare
Author(s): Sharon, Tamar Abstract: Self-tracking devices point to a future in which individuals will be more involved in the management of their health and will generate data that will benefit clinical decision making and research. They have thus attracted enthusiasm...
The diverse domains of quantified selves: self-tracking modes and dataveillance
Author(s): Lupton, Deborah Abstract: The concept of self-tracking has recently begun to emerge in discussions of ways in which people can record specific features of their lives, often using digital technologies, to monitor, evaluate and optimize themselves. There is...