Towards Coherent and Effective Self-Management during the Post-Diagnosis Stage: Vomo: An application empowering individuals with Pulmonary Fibrosis

Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) is a rare and incurable interstitial lung disease, which causes lung scarring, leading to an irreversible decline in patients’ lung function and breathing difficulties. In Europe, Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) affects over 400,000 people, and it claims the lives of about 100,000 people each year (EU-IPFF, 2023). In light of the...

Ademgenoot: Een zelfmanagement app voor mensen met astma

Asthma is a chronic disease and is characterized by inflammations of the airways. Since there is no cure available yet, asthma treatment is aimed at asthma control, to minimize patients’ symptom experiences and to prevent patients of having exacerbations (lung attacks). A key driver in this, is the extent to which patients adhere to their...

Design of a multidimensional digital system to enhance self-management in cardiovascular risk prevention programs

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide. While metabolic factors such as age and gender affect greatly, most of the CV events can be prevented by addressing behavioural risk factors such as physical inactivity, smoking or bad diet.<br/><br/>CV prevention programs aim to reduce the burden of these conditions by...

Designing a monitoring device for cardiovascular patients

Due to the recent advancements in artificial intelligence based sound analysis, digital stethoscopes soon will be ready to leave behind the clinics of general practitioners, cardiologists, and pulmonologists and move to the homes of patients. But which patients could benefit the most from the technology and how would this step affect the design...

Energy management of COPD patients: Exploring the needs and criteria for support in self-management by means of e-health solutions

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a lung disease that causes damage in the patients lung and results in energy and breathing problems. COPD patients often experience a decrease in their energy level. This decrease means they have to adjust their routine and habits and that can be a big challenge. In this graduation project the...

Tailored self-management support for people with type 2 diabetes: Type 2 diabetes in daily life

The aim of this graduation project was to design a tool that supports type 2 diabetes patients in self-management. Self-management is managing type 2 diabetes in daily life. In order to design a suitable solution, the first step was to get a deeper understanding of the needs and preferences of these patients. Literature was analysed and field...

Estimating carbs: For improved diabetes self-management and a healthy everyday life

People with diabetes who are treated with an intensive insulin treatment have to manage their disease independently. The success of an intensive insulin treatment is dependent on the ability of someone to determine his carbohydrate intake: when you know how much carbohydrates you eat, you know how much insulin you have to inject. However,...

Park makers: Stimulating the self-management of public parks

The stimulation of citizen participation has led to the upraise of bottom-up citizen communities. These communities grow from idealism but often have a hard time to become a durable initiative when the first challenges arise and the enthusiasm has disappeared. This graduation aims to gather an understanding of how citizen initiatives can be...

Patient Empowerment in Type 1 Diabetes Care: In the Early Stages After Diagnoses

This report presents a design proposal for a product-service system to support type 1 diabetes patients in the first stages of treatment after diagnosis. Diabetes is one of the largest health care problems globally in terms of prevalence, cost and burden placed on individuals living with diabetes. It impacts these people and people around them...

Health Dashboard: Improving telemonitoring and self-management of heart failure patients by design.

This project presents the result of a new proposal to improve telemonitoring and self-management for heart failure patients: The Health Dashboard. The Health Dashboard is designed for Philips in collaboration with the Reinier the Graaf hospital in Delft. It aims to reduce the chance on readmissions, to reassure heart failure patients about their...