1 Abstract We present two user evaluations of a speech centric multimodal Directory Assistance (DA) service that has been implemented on an iPAQ. The service combines speech and pen at the input side with text and speech at the output side. The first user experiment was an expert review. Five usability experts judged the initial design of the multimodal DA. Based on their comments a new design ...

Despite evidence for its efficacy and effectiveness, the use of medication for the treatment of ADHD remains controversial. Little is known about the factors that influence clinicians‘ decisions to use medication for ADHD. Here we present initial data on the attitudes of prescribing clinicians from the Influences on Prescribing for ADHD Questionnaire (IPAQ) – a new clinician-completed, 40-item ...

Abstract Background Osteoporosis and sarcopenia are two common conditions seen in community-dwelling older adults. Limited information on physical performance activity exists adults at risk of osteo-sarcopenia. The aim this study was to examine levels patients attending a bone health clinic. Methods A cross-sectional conducted. Community-dwelling clinic an acute Irish hospital were invited part...

BACKGROUND Sedentary behavior is related to obesity, but measures of sedentary behaviors are lacking for adults. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) among overweight adults. METHODS Participants were 49 adults for the 2 week test-retest reliability study (67% female, 53% white, mean age = 20) and 401 overweight wo...

BACKGROUND Baecke Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire (BHPAQ) has widely been employed in clinical and laboratorial studies as a tool for measuring subjects' physical activities. But, the reliability and validity of this questionnaire have not been investigated among Persian speakers. OBJECTIVES Therefore, the aim of the current study was examining the reliability and validity of the Per...

BACKGROUND MijnAVL is an interactive portal including patient education, overview of appointments, access to the electronic medical records (EMR), patient-reported outcomes, plus feedback and physical activity support. OBJECTIVE With this study we aimed to evaluate the use, feasibility, and impact of MijnAVL among breast cancer survivors. METHODS We included survivors currently or recently ...

There is a need for theoretically-based research on the motivational processes linked to the adoption and maintenance of an active lifestyle in people with affective disorders. Within the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework, we investigated the SDT tenets in people with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder by examining the factor structure of the Behavioural Regulation in Exercis...

This paper presents the results from three lab-based studies that investigated different ways of delivering Mobile TV News by measuring user responses to different encoding bitrates, image resolutions and text quality. All studies were carried out with participants watching News content on mobile devices, with a total of 216 participants rating the acceptability of the viewing experience. Study...

BACKGROUND The World Health Report 2002 estimated that sedentary is one of the main 10 causes of morbidity and mortality and the proportion of people whose health is at risk due to sedentary life is approximately 60%. OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship of the physical activity level with cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in 61 healthy men. METHODS The short version of the...

The purpose of the study was to assess factors determining physical activity in persons at the age of 60-69 years in an urban area. The study included 262 working residents of Warsaw at the initial period of old age. The study utilized a questionnaire consisting of two parts. The first part concerned recreational and touristic activities in the previous year. The second is a Polish version of I...