Beat to beat: device for treatment adherence in hypertension

This report discusses the importance to address the low care of patients suffering from hypertension since it is asymptomatic. We go through an observation process involving patients and medical experts, and identify different needs, concluding that a way to control their disease neglection is by a...

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Autores:
Escobar Palomeque, María Camila
Gongas Greiffenstein, Laura
Molina Rodríguez, Raúl Santiago
Munar Acosta, Laura
Vargas, Esteban
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/39031
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/39031
Palabra clave:
Presión sanguínea
Ingeniería biomédica
Terapeuta y paciente
Ingeniería
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This report discusses the importance to address the low care of patients suffering from hypertension since it is asymptomatic. We go through an observation process involving patients and medical experts, and identify different needs, concluding that a way to control their disease neglection is by a design that makes them take their mediations in the right times and that can alert family and/or caretakers if they are not following the treatment. Furthermore, it would be a way for the doctor and pharmacist to monitor the medication taking of the patient. Our target with this are mainly male hypertension patients of around 50-55 years of age, that develop in an urban middle-class environment