Wearable technologies are making a significant impact on people’s way of living thanks to the advancements in mobile communication, internet things (IoT), big data and artificial intelligence. Conventional wearable present many challenges for continuous monitoring human health conditions due their lack flexibility bulkiness size. Recent development e-textiles smart integration miniature electro...

BACKGROUND The National Health Service (NHS) 70-item inpatient questionnaire surveys inpatients on their perceptions of their hospitalization experience. However, it imposes more burden on the patient than other similar surveys. The literature shows that computerized adaptive testing (CAT) based on item response theory can help shorten the item length of a questionnaire without compromising its...